Effects of fragmentation on parasite burden (nematodes) of generalist and specialist small mammal species in secondary forest fragments of the coastal Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 207-215

  Püttker, Thomas ^a,b   Meyer Lucht, Yvonne ^a,b   Sommer, Simone ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal Atlantic Forest; Fragmentation; Gastrointestinal nematodes; Marsupials; Rodents

Indexed keywords

GENERALIST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MARSUPIAL; NEMATODE; PARASITE; RODENT; SPECIALIST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

AKODON MONTENSIS; ANIMALIA; DELOMYS SUBLINEATUS; GRACILINANUS MICROTARSUS; MAMMALIA; MARMOSOPS INCANUS; METATHERIA; NEMATODA; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA;

EID: 38149114670     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0366-z     Document Type: Article

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