Parasite infection and host group size: A meta-analytical review

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 803-813

  Patterson, Jesse E H ^a   Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

gregarious; group size; meta analysis; parasite infection; parasite transmission; parasitism; sociality; species richness

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; APHID; BADGER; BAT; BUFFALO; COCCIDIA; COLOBINAE; CYNOMYS; DIPTERA; ENDOPARASITE; FLEA; GAZELLE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HOME RANGE; HORSE; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMPALA; META ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STICKLEBACK; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 84877072995     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012002259     Document Type: Review

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