Parasites, primates, and ant-plants: Clues to the life cycle of Controrchis spp. in Black Howler Monkeys (Alouatta pigra) in southern belize

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1330-1334

  Kowalzik, Barbara K ^a   Pavelka, Mary S M ^a   Kutz, Susan J ^a   Behie, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black howler monkey; Cecropia peltata; Controrchis spp; Habitat disturbance; Myrmecophyte; Parasite; Parasitism; Pioneer tree species

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; ANIMALIA; AZTECA; CECROPIA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; CECROPIA PELTATA; DICROCOELIIDAE; DICROCOELIUM; FORMICIDAE; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; TREMATODA;

EID: 78149241436     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1330     Document Type: Article

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