Infrapopulation dynamics of Halipegus occidualis and Halipegus eccentricus (Digenea: Hemiuridae): Temporal changes within individual hosts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1019-1024

  Wetzel, Eric J ^a,b   Esch, Gerald W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRA POPULATION; PARASITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FROG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RANIDAE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HALIPEGUS ECCENTRICUS; HALIPEGUS OCCIDUALIS; HEMIURIDAE; RANA CLAMITANS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031457051     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284355     Document Type: Article

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