Parasitized mates increase infection risk for partners

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 811-820

  Martinez Padilla, Jesus ^a,b   Vergara, Pablo ^a,b   Mougeot, François ^c,d   Redpath, Stephen M ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direct benefits; Parasitism; Red grouse; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS SCOTICUS; TETRAONIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

EID: 84861368097     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665664     Document Type: Note

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