Variation in the helminth community structure of three sympatric sigmodontine rodents from the coastal Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-178

  Simoes R O ^a,b   Souza, J G R ^a   Maldonado Jr , A ^a   Luque, J L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AKODON CURSOR; AKODON MONTENSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HELMINTH; NONHUMAN; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; RAT; RODENT; SYMPATRY; ANIMAL; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SIGMODONTINAE;

AKODON; AKODON CURSOR; AKODON MONTENSIS; OLIGORYZOMYS NIGRIPES; RODENTIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; VERMES;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; BRAZIL; FORESTS; HELMINTHS; RODENT DISEASES; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 79956019670     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X10000398     Document Type: Article

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