Behavioral, physiological and morphological correlates of parasite intensity in the wild Cururu toad (Rhinella icterica)

Large numbers of parasites are found in various organs of anuran amphibians, with parasite intensities thought to modulate the host's Darwinian fitness traits. Interaction between the anuran hosts and their multiple parasites should modulate the host's phenotypic characteristic, such as th...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Hermógenes Moretti, Braz Titon, Jr., Carla Bonetti Madelaire, Raquel de Arruda, Tatiana Alvarez, Fernando Ribeiro Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224417300305