Parasite removal increases reproductive success in a social African ground squirrel

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 696-700

  Hillegass, Melissa A ^a   Waterman, Jane M ^a   Roth, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape ground squirrel; ectoparasite; endoparasite; grooming; Xerus inauris

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; GROOMING; HABITAT USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LACTATION; LONGEVITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE USE; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; XERUS; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 77954364610     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq041     Document Type: Article

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