Long-term changes in parasite population and community structure: A case history

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-387

  Esch, Gerald W ^a   Wetzel, Eric J ^a,b   Zelmer, Derek A ^a   Schotthoefer, Anna M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; GASTROPODA; HALIPEGUS ECCENTRICUS; HALIPEGUS OCCIDUALIS; HELISOMA ANCEPS; HEMIURIDAE; NAJAS; OSTRACODA; PHYSA GYRINA; RANA CLAMITANS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030922736     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426856     Document Type: Article

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