Spleen mass, body condition, and parasite load in male American mink (Neovison vison)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 221-226

  Schulte Hostedde, Albrecht I ^a   Elsasser, Sarah C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Condition dependence; Immune system; Parasite species richness

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MUSTELID; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 79951926534     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-020.1     Document Type: Article

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