Relationships between Glypthelmins pennsylvaniensis (Trematoda: Digenea) infections and host size

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-46

  Tucker, Robert B ^a   Joy, James E ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glypthelmins; Pseudacris; Spring peeper; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

GLYPTHELMINS PENNSYLVANIENSIS;

EID: 0030024855     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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