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| Autor(es): |
Fernandes, Fernanda Rodrigues
[1]
;
Cruz, Leonardo Dominici
[1]
;
Linhares, Aricio Xavier
[2]
;
Von Zuben, Claudio Jose
[3]
Número total de Autores: 4
|
| Afiliação do(s) autor(es): | [1] Univ Fed Maranhao, BR-65550000 Sao Bernardo, MA - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Rio Claro, Dept Zool, BR-13506900 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 3
|
| Tipo de documento: | Artigo Científico |
| Fonte: | ACTA PARASITOLOGICA; v. 60, n. 3, p. 515-524, SEP 2015. |
| Citações Web of Science: | 1 |
| Resumo | |
The abundance of parasites on a host can be affected by several factors; in this study, we investigated the influence of sex and body size of the host rodent Oligoryzomys nigripes on the abundance of ectoparasitic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata). The generalized linear model indicated that body size (indicative of age) of the host rodent O. nigripes significantly contributed to the variation in the abundance of mites on host rodents at the Experimental Station of Itirapina. This trend of increased parasitism on hosts with larger body sizes may be linked to the fact that larger individuals are able to support the coexistence of a larger number of parasites, and being more mobile, are more exposed to infection by parasites. (AU) | |
| Processo FAPESP: | 08/56231-2 - Roedores e seus insetos parasitos na mata atlantica: influencia de fatores endogenos e exogenos, especificidade e redes complexas |
| Beneficiário: | Arício Xavier Linhares |
| Modalidade de apoio: | Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular |