Prevalence and intensity of haemogregarinid blood parasites in a population of the Iberian rock lizard, Lacerta monticola

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 290-293

  Amo, L ^a   Lopez P ^a   Martin J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; HAEMOGREGARINE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RATE; LACERTA MONTICOLA; LIZARD; MATING SYSTEM; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIZARDS; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; SPAIN;

ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; LACERTA; MONTICOLA; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 8744248966     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1212-7     Document Type: Article

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