Map turtle winter leech loads

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1185-1186

  Graham, T E ^a   Saumure, R A ^b   Ericson, B ^a  

^a WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEECH; MAP TURTLE; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; HIBERNATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEECH; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURTLE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; LEECHES; MALE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TURTLES; VERMONT;

USA, VERMONT, LAMOILLE RIVER;

ANIMALIA; CYRESTIS THYODAMAS; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; HIRUDINIDA; PLACOBDELLA ORNATA; PLACOBDELLA PARASITICA; TEREBRANTIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0031468226     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284384     Document Type: Article

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