Personality, space use and tick load in an introduced population of Siberian chipmunks Tamias sibiricus

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 538-547

  Boyer, Nelly ^a,b   Réale, Denis ^a   Marmet, Julie ^b   Pisanu, Benoît ^b   Chapuis, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activity exploration; Ixodid infestation; Parasite; Path analysis; Personality

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECTOPARASITE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PATH ANALYSIS; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPACE USE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TICK; TRAPPING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERSONALITY; SCIURIDAE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

FRANCE;

IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS;

EID: 77953991799     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01659.x     Document Type: Article

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