Gastrointestinal symbionts of chimpanzees in Cantanhez National Park, guinea-bissau with respect to habitat fragmentation

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1032-1041

  Sá, Rui M ^a,b,c   Petrášová, Jana ^d   Pomajbíková, Kateřina ^d   Profousová, Ilona ^d   Petrželková, Klára J ^d,e,f   Sousa, Cláudia ^b,c   Cable, Joanne ^a   Bruford, Michael W ^a   Modrý, David ^d,g  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Centre for Research in Anthropology CRIA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^f Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^g INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cantanhez National Park; Fragmentation; Pan troglodytes verus; Parasites; Symbionts; Trichuris sp

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FAUNA; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITE; PRIMATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMBIONT; VIRULENCE; WILD POPULATION;

CANTANHEZ NATIONAL PARK; GUINEA-BISSAU;

BERTIELLA; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHILOMASTIX; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; IODAMOEBA BUETSCHLII; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES FUELLEBORNI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; TROGLODYTELLA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANTANHEZ NATIONAL PARK; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FRAGMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA-BISSAU; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; STRONGYLOIDES; SYMBIONT; SYMBIOSIS; TRICHURIS SP; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CANTANHEZ NATIONAL PARK; FRAGMENTATION; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PARASITES; SYMBIONTS; TRICHURIS SP;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA-BISSAU; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLOIDES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84882661508     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22170     Document Type: Article

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