Parasitism is a consequence of complex interactions between host, parasite, and their
shared environment, and host behavior can influence parasite risk. Animal personality (ie …

We investigated the presence and potential causes of sex bias in ectoparasite infestations in
the yellow-necked mouse Apodemus flavicollis. We compared the natural tick and flea …

Mast seeding causes strong fluctuations in populations of forest animals. Thus, this
phenomenon can be used as a natural experiment to examine how variation in host …

The Yunnan province has one of the most serious outbreaks of the plague epidemic in
China. Small mammals and fleas are risk factors for the occurrence of plague in commensal …

The present study was aimed to evaluate the factors associated with prevalence of various
ectoparasites among goats during winter season in two different agro-climatic regions of …

Although habitat fragmentation is widely reported to affect species survival and distribution,
its effect in terms of host-parasite interactions in small mammal communities is poorly …

RESUMEN ECTOPARÁSITOS DE INDIVIDUOS DE FALCO SPARVERIUS QUE INVERNAN
EN LA PENÍNSULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA, MÉXICO Falco sparverius es una rapaz de …

Akodon montensis Thomas is the dominant rodent species in the Urugua-í Provincial Park in
northeastern Argentina. Herein we analyze the effect of variables related to the hosts and …

Few studies have provided information on parasitological indexes or other ecological
characteristics of lice populations that parasitize small mammals in the Neotropical region …

Parasite species interactions, host biology traits, and external environmental factors can
drive co-occurrence patterns between parasite species. We investigated co-occurrence …