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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Nunn CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1686205 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biology letters 20060901 3
Competing hypotheses exist concerning the influence of ranging patterns on parasitism. More intensive use of a home range could result in greater exposure to infectious agents that accumulate in the soil. Alternatively, when more intensive ranging is associated with territorial defence, this could decrease home range overlap and produce lower levels of parasitism. We tested these hypotheses using phylogenetic comparative methods and parasite richness data for 119 primate species. Helminth richne ...[more]