The importance of parasite life history and host density in predicting the impact of infections in red deer

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 655-664

  Vicente, Joaquín ^a,b   Höfle, Ursula ^a   Fernández De Mera, Isabel García ^a   Gortazar, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Wildlife Disease Ecology Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life history; Sex related differences; Trade off; Tuberculosis; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DEER; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITIC DISEASE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DEER; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DEER; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ELAPHOSTRONGYLUS CERVI; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEMATODA;

EID: 34250621420     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0690-6     Document Type: Article

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