Cascading Effects of Climate Change: Do Hurricane-damaged Forests Increase Risk of Exposure to Parasites?

Biotropica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 25-31

  Behie, Alison M ^a   Kutz, Susan ^b   Pavelka, Mary S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat disturbance; Howler monkeys; Parasitism; Pioneer species; Severe weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISTURBANCE; FLATWORM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HURRICANE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; PARASITISM; PRIMATE; RISK FACTOR; SHRUB;

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA CARAYA; ALOUATTA PIGRA; ANIMALIA; CECROPIA; CECROPIA PELTATA; FORMICIDAE; HAPLORHINI; STRONGYLIDA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 84891658856     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12072     Document Type: Article

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