Are sleeping site ecology and season linked to intestinal helminth prevalence and diversity in two sympatric, nocturnal and arboreal primate hosts (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis)?

Are sleeping site ecology and season linked to intestinal helminth prevalence and diversity in two sympatric, nocturnal and arboreal primate hosts (Lepilemur edwardsi and Avahi occidentalis)?

Abstract Background Various factors, such as climate, body size and sociality are often linked to parasitism. This constrains the identification of other determinants driving parasite infections. Here, we investigate for the first time intestinal parasites in two sympatric arboreal primate species,...

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Main Authors: May Hokan, Elke Zimmermann, Ute Radespiel, Bertrand Andriatsitohaina, Solofonirina Rasoloharijaona, Christina Strube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
Helminths
Milne-Edward’s sportive lemur
Western woolly lemur
Strongylida
Oxyurida
Arboreality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-018-0178-8

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