Host intrinsic determinants and potential consequences of parasite infection in free-ranging red-fronted lemurs (Eulemur fulvus rufus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-452

  Clough, Dagmar ^a,b   Heistermann, Michael ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Helminth; Hormones; Primates; Protozoa; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; HORMONES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEMUR; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MADAGASCAR; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; EULEMUR FULVUS RUFUS; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; STREPSIRHINI; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953516563     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21243     Document Type: Article

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