Earth's third environment: The worm's eye view: Fixed behaviors of parasitic worms determine habitat selection in the predictable environments of their hosts

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Sukhdeo, Michael V K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; DIGENEA (FLUKES); NEMATODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030939506     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313033     Document Type: Article

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