Factors affecting Sarcocystis infection of rats on small tropical islands

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 475-483

  Paperna, Ilan ^a   Peh, Kelvin S H ^b,c   Martelli, Paolo ^d   Koh, Lian Pin ^c   Sodhi, Navjot S ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b CBM   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Singapore Zoological Gdns Vet C   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Offshore islands; Rattus rattus; Sarcocystis spp.; Singapore

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISLAND; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RODENT; SNAKE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

PYTHON RETICULATUS; PYTHONIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SINGAPORENSIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 4344616589     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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