Stomach nematodes (Mastophorus Muris) in rats (Rattus rattus) are associated with coconut (Cocos nucifera) Habitat at palmyra atoll

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-20

  Lafferty, Kevin D ^a   Hathaway, Stacie A ^a,b   Wegmann, Alex S ^a,c   Shipley, Frank S ^a,b   Backlin, Adam R ^a,b   Helm, Joel ^a,d   Fisher, Robert N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Island Conservation Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOMINANCE; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITISM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RODENT; SHRUB; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COCONUT; FEMALE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALE; MASTOPHORUS MURIS; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION BIOLOGY; RAT; SPECIES HABITAT; STOMACH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COCOS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POLYNESIA; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; STOMACH DISEASES;

LINE ISLANDS; PALMYRA ATOLL;

COCOS NUCIFERA; MASTOPHORUS MURIS; NEMATODA; PALMYRA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 77950439283     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2180.1     Document Type: Article

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