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Body Condition Peaks at Intermediate Parasite Loads in the Common Bully Gobiomorphus cotidianus

Most ecologists and conservationists perceive parasitic infections as deleterious for the hosts. Their effects, however, depend on many factors including host body condition, parasite load and the life cycle of the parasite. More research into how multiple parasite taxa affect host body condition is...

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Autores principales: Maceda-Veiga, Alberto, Green, Andy J., Poulin, Robert, Lagrue, Clément
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28030606
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168992