Parasite Removal Improves Reproductive Success of Female North American Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Patterson, Jesse E H ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a   Kutz, Susan J ^a   Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF REPRODUCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; JUVENILE; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITE REMOVAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCIURIDAE; SURVIVAL; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84873625957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055779     Document Type: Article

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