Parasitological consequences of overcrowding in protected areas

EcoHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-307

  Lebarbenchon, Camille ^a,b   Poulin, Robert ^c   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^b   Thomas, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birds; Ectoparasites; Helminths; Invertebrates; Virus; Wildlife reserves

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; CROWDING; ECTOPARASITE; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POPULATION CYCLE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; VERMES;

EID: 33847186654     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0067-z     Document Type: Review

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