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Host body mass, not sex, affects ectoparasite loads in yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis

We investigated the presence and potential causes of sex bias in ectoparasite infestations in the yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis. We compared the natural tick and flea burdens of male and female mice in a temperate beech forest and assessed whether the observed differences were driven by h...

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Autores principales: Zduniak, Milena, Serafini, Sarah, Wróbel, Aleksandra, Zwolak, Rafał
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10567855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37702846
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-023-07958-5