Parasite infection and host group size: a meta-analytical review
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Parasite infection and host group size: a meta-analytical review
Many studies have identified various host behavioural and ecological traits that are associated with parasite infection, including host gregariousness. By use of meta-analyses, we investigated to what degree parasite prevalence, intensity and species richness are correlated with group size in gregarious species. We predicted that larger groups would have more parasites and higher parasite speci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Parasitology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0031-1820,1469-8161
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182012002259