Could parasites destabilize mouse populations? The potential role of Pterygodermatites peromysci in the population dynamics of free-living mice, Peromyscus leucopus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1253-1262

  Vandegrift, Kurt J ^a   Hudson, Peter J ^a  

^a Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Destabilization; Nematode; Parasite; Population dynamics; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FECUNDITY; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PTERYGODERMATITES PEROMYSCI; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYPHACIA PEROMYSCI; AGE; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LACTATION; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RODENT DISEASES; SEASON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LACTATION; MALE; NEMATODA; NORTH AMERICA; PEROMYSCUS; PLATYHELMINTHS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; OXYURIDA; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; PTERYGODERMATITES; SYPHACIA; VERMES;

EID: 67650432134     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.025     Document Type: Article

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