Interspecific variation in climbing by gastropods: Implications for transmission of parelaphostrongylus tenuis

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 320-328

  McCoy, Karen D ^a   Nudds, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANGUISPIRA ALTERNATA; CERVIDAE; DEROCERAS LAEVE; DISCUS CRONKHITEI; GASTROPODA; LIMACIDAE; MESODON; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS; SUCCINEA OVALIS; ZONITIDAE; ZONITOIDES ARBOREUS;

EID: 0030998416     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426851     Document Type: Article

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