Protozoan parasites in group-living primates: Testing the biological island hypothesis

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 510-517

  Chapman, Colin A ^a,b   Bowman, Dwight D ^c   Ghai, Ria R ^d   Gogarten, Jan F ^d   Goldberg, Tony L ^e   Rothman, Jessica M ^f,g   Twinomugisha, Dennis ^h   Walsh, Chesley ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology NYCEP   (United States)

^h Makerere Biological Field Station   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Biological islands; Climate change; Kibale National Park; Nonequilibrium; Protozoan infections

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; INFECTIVITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAN; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIMATE DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; UGANDA;

PRIMATES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84860334279     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20992     Document Type: Article

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