Body-mass or sex-biased tick parasitism in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)? A GAMLSS approach

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Kiffner, C ^a   Lodige C ^a   Alings, M ^a   Vor, T ^a   Ruhe F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Cervidae; Ecto parasite; Ixodes ricinus; Parasitism; Seasonality; Sex bias; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; DATA SET; DEER; DISPERSION; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARASITISM; SEASONALITY; TICK;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK INFESTATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

GERMANY;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79951547548     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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