Composition of helminth communities in montane and lowland populations of the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis from Los Angeles County, California

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 186-191

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Cheam, Hay ^a  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; HELMINTH; LIZARD; PARASITE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES COUNTY; PUENTE HILLS; SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS; USA;

CESTODA; MESOCESTOIDES; NEMATODA; OOCHORISTICA SCELOPORI; PHYSALOPTERA RETUSA; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SPAULIGODON GIGANTICUS;

EID: 0031902806     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0186:COHCIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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