Body mass and sex-biased parasitism in wood mice Apodemus sylvaticus

Agriculture & Biology

• Apodemus sylvaticus 100%
• Apodemus 95%
• parasitism 63%
• gender 44%
• body size 34%
• ticks 19%
• immunity 18%
• Ricinus 15%
• parasites 14%
• parasite load 13%
• immunocompetence 13%
• reproductive performance 9%
• testosterone 9%
• life history 8%
• immatures 8%
• mammals 7%
• mice 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• parasitism 95%
• body mass 80%
• body size 43%
• tick 27%
• immunity 25%
• trade-off 21%
• parasite 20%
• immunocompetence 18%
• parasite intensity 16%
• testosterone 13%
• behavioral response 12%
• life history 9%
• mammal 9%
• cost 5%
• effect 4%