Helminth parasites in native and invasive mammal populations: Comparative study on the Barbary ground squirrel Atlantoxerus getulus L. (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Morocco and the Canary Islands

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-301

  López Darias, Marta ^a,b   Ribas, Alexis ^c,d   Feliú, Carlos ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Fuerteventura; Ground squirrel; Helminths; Invasive species; Island syndrome; Morocco

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOXERUS GETULUS; BRACHYLAIMA; BRACHYLAIMIDAE; CATENOTAENIA; CATENOTAENIIDAE; CESTODA; DERMATOXYS; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; OXYURIDA; PROTOSPIRURA MURICOLA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPIRURIDAE; SYPHACIA; TREMATODA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VERMES;

EID: 65349122247     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-008-0036-5     Document Type: Article

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