Influence of gut parasites on growth performance in the water strider Gerris buenoi (Hemiptera: Gerridae)

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Klingenberg, Christian Peter ^a   Barrington Leigh, Rosalind H ^a   Keddie, B Andrew ^a   Spence, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERRIS BUENOI; GERRIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA;

GROWTH; GUT PARASITE; WATER STRIDER;

EID: 0030814128     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00344.x     Document Type: Article

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