The intestinal nematode Trichuris arvicolae affects the fecundity of its host, the common vole Microtus arvalis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1161-1164

  Deter, J ^a   Cosson, J F ^a   Chaval, Y ^a   Charbonnel, N ^a   Morand, S ^b  

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

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS ARVICOLAE; VOLE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LITTER SIZE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REPRODUCTION; RODENT DISEASES; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

MICROTUS ARVALIS; TRICHURIS ARVICOLAE;

EID: 34547736552     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0584-x     Document Type: Article

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