Patterns of ectoparasitism in North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus): Sex-biases, seasonality, age, and effects on male body condition

Within many species, males are often more heavily parasitised than females. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain this phenomenon, including immunocompetence handicaps, sexual size dimorphism and behavioural differences. Here we set out to test the latter two hypotheses and make inference...

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Autores principales: Patterson, Jesse E.H., Neuhaus, Peter, Kutz, Susan J., Ruckstuhl, Kathreen E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.05.002

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.05.002

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