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Sex-biased differences in the effects of host individual, host population and environmental traits driving tick parasitism in red deer

The interactions between host individual, host population, and environmental factors modulate parasite abundance in a given host population. Since adult exophilic ticks are highly aggregated in red deer (Cervus elaphus) and this ungulate exhibits significant sexual size dimorphism, life history trai...

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Autores principales: Ruiz-Fons, Francisco, Acevedo, Pelayo, Sobrino, Raquel, Vicente, Joaquín, Fierro, Yolanda, Fernández-de-Mera, Isabel G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694362/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23819112
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2013.00023