Sex-biased transmission of a complex life-cycle parasite: Why males matter

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1446-1453

  Grear, Daniel A ^a   Luong, Lien T ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE BEHAVIOR; NEMATODE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RODENT;

MUS; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 84865560325     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20358.x     Document Type: Article

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