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Using Parasitic Load to Measure the Effect of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Vervet Monkeys

Vervet monkeys, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, thrive in urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and present a suitable model to assess parasitic load as a measure of anthropogenic disturbance, such as urbanization. We collected vervet monkey faecal samples from four study sites representing a gradien...

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Autores principales: Thatcher, Harriet R., Downs, Colleen T., Koyama, Nicola F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6245093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30091030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10393-018-1349-y