Population density and phenotypic attributes influence the level of nematode parasitism in roe deer

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 635-646

  Body, Guillaume ^a,b   Ferté, Hubert ^c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a   Delorme, Daniel ^d   Klein, François ^d   Gilot Fromont, Emmanuelle ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^d OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Density dependence; Gastro intestinal strongyles; Trichuris; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; DEER; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS;

FRANCE;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; NEMATODA; STRONGYLES; TRICHURIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 80054046053     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2018-9     Document Type: Article

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