The impact of ticks on Bufo marinus from native habitats

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Lampo, M ^a   Bayliss, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma spp.; amphibia; Bufo marinus; density dependence; parasite distribution; parasite impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INFESTATION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TICK; TOAD;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 0029842368     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066440     Document Type: Article

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