The role of host traits, season and group size on parasite burdens in a cooperative mammal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Viljoen, Hermien ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^a   Ueckermann, Edward A ^b,c   Lutermann, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BURROWING SPECIES; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEMALE; LOUSE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MITE; MOLE RAT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION SIZE; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LICE INFESTATIONS; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; MOLE RATS; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITES; PHTHIRAPTERA; PREVALENCE; RATS; SEASONS;

ACARI; ANDROLAELAPS; ANIMALIA; CESTODA; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS PRETORIAE; MAMMALIA; MATHEVOTAENIA; NEMATODA; PHTHIRAPTERA; RATTUS;

EID: 84858252775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027003     Document Type: Article

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