Resource Detail

Search Resources Database

Title Rodent sociality and parasite diversity
Author Frédéric Bordes, Daniel T Blumstein, and Serge Morand
Date 2007-12-22
Description We used independent contrasts to examine the relationship between an index of sociality in rodents and the diversity of their macroparasites. We found that the species richness of directly transmitted ectoparasites, but not endoparasites, decreased significantly with the level of rodent sociality.
Keywords rodents; sociality; parasite species richness; ectoparasites
URL http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/6/692.abstract
Photograph 0
ID 7908