Effects of larval history and lungworm infection on the growth and survival of juvenile wood frogs (Rana sylvatica)

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-338

  Goater, Cameron P ^a,b   Vandenbos, Rena E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Growth; Lungworm; Metamorphosis; Parasitism; Rana sylvatica; Rhabdias ranae

Indexed keywords

FROGLET; GROWTH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE INFESTATION; SURVIVAL;

RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0031416643     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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