Villus length influences habitat selection by Heligmosomoides polygyrus

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-316

  Bansemir, A D ^a   Sukhdeo, M V K ^a,b  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment behaviour; Habitat selection; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Parasite ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE VILLUS; MALE; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029786869     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000082081     Document Type: Article

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