Numerical response of a helminth community in the course of a multi-annual abundance cycle of the Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris)

Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 705-711

  Cerqueira, D ^a   Delattre, P ^a   De Sousa, B ^a   Gabrion, C ^b   Morand, S ^a   Quere, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Age structure; Multi annual fluctuations; Parasitism; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; CESTODE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HELMINTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; CESTODA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 34249673963     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001946     Document Type: Article

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