Density-dependent mechanisms in the regulation ofFasciola hepaticapopulations in sheep
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 88 (3) , 449-461
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s003118200005472x
Abstract
SUMMARY: Populations ofFasciola hepaticainfecting sheep are regulated by at least 3 density-dependent processes. Parasite deaths due to parasite-induced primary host mortality, fluke fecundity and asexual multiplication in the intermediate snail host,Lymnaea truncatula, vary according to the intensity of infection. Empirical and theoretical evidence is used to assess theextentto which each of these processes in turn affects parasite population numbers.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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