Plasticity of predation behaviour as a putative driving force for parasite life-cycle dynamics: The case of urban foxes and Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 552-560

  Hegglin, D ^a   Bontadina, F ^b,c   Contesse, P ^a,c   Gloor, S ^c   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Urban Ecology and Wildlife Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis; Fox diet; Intermediate host; Parasite transmission; Prey predator interplay

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANID; FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RODENT; URBAN AREA;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS SCHERMAN; CANIDAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 34249038615     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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