The Number of Louse Eggs on Wild Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) Varies with Age, but Not with Sex or Season

During grooming, primates remove harmful ectoparasites, such as ticks and lice, and there is direct evidence for a health benefit of tick removal. Grooming behaviors differ among primates with respect to age and sex. Moreover, the number of ectoparasite may exhibit seasonal variation. Therefore the...

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Autores principales: Ishii, Naomi, Kato, Takuya, Uno, Taiki, Tanaka, Ichirou, Kajigaya, Hiroshi, Hayama, Shin-ichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9998-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5730623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10764-017-9998-1

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