Host-parasite associations in a population of the nectarivorous bat Anoura geoffroyi (Phyllostomidae) in a cave in a Brazilian ferruginous geosystem

Parasitic relationships between Neotropical bats and their ectoparasites are not well known, even though parasitism is one of the factors that can affect the fitness of a host population. This study characterized parasite-host relationships in relation to sex, age, body size and reproductive status...

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Main Authors: Luísa Lauren Lima Vidal, Leopoldo Ferreira Oliveira Bernardi, Sonia Aparecida Talamoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2021-06-01
Series:Subterranean Biology
Online Access:https://subtbiol.pensoft.net/article/64552/download/pdf/