Parasite resistance and genetic variation in the endangered Gila topminnow

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 103-109

  Hedrick, Philip W ^a   Kim, Timothy J ^a   Parker, Karen M ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGENEA (FLUKES); FUNDULIDAE; GILA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; POECILIOPSIS OCCIDENTALIS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0000307241     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001135     Document Type: Article

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