Parasitic infections of three Mexican howler monkey groups (Alouatta palliata mexicana) living in forest fragments in Mexico

Primates

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-239

  Cristóbal Azkarate, Jurgi ^a   Hervier, Blanca ^b   Vegas Carrillo, Sira ^c   Osorio Sarabia, David ^d   Rodríguez Luna, Ernesto ^a   Veà, Joaquim J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b Fundación Amigos del Mundo Salvaje   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Forest fragmentation; Habitat disturbance; Parasite richness; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FECAL PELLET; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PRIMATE;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MALE; MEXICO; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; VETERINARY;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MEXICO; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SEASONS; TREES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA MEXICANA; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANCYLOSTOMIDAE; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI;

EID: 77954215470     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-010-0193-7     Document Type: Article

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