Hygienic tendencies correlate with low geohelminth infection in free-ranging macaques

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Sarabian, Cecile ^a   MacIntosh, Andrew J J ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiparasite strategies; Health maintenance; Hygiene; Japanese macaque; Parasite avoidance behaviour; Risk sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE; PRIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; JAPAN; MACACA; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; SEX FACTORS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84946926553     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0757     Document Type: Article

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