Relationships between host body condition and immunocompetence, not host sex, best predict parasite burden in a bat-helminth system
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Title
Relationships between host body condition and immunocompetence, not host sex, best predict parasite burden in a bat-helminth system
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Keywords
Sex-biased parasitism, Helminthiasis, <em class=EmphasisTypeItalic >Eptesicus fuscus</em>, Immunocompetence, Body condition
Journal
PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 115, Issue 6, Pages 2155-2164
Publisher
Springer Nature
Online
2016-02-22
DOI
10.1007/s00436-016-4957-x
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