Niche overlap among three species of pinworm parasitic in the hindgut of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-247

  Connor, Stephen ^a   Adamson, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN COCKROACH; INTESINAL PARASITE; NICHE OVERLAP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; COCKROACH; COLONY FORMATION; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICROSPHERES; OXYURIDA; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIPLANETA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HAMMERSCHMIDTIELLA; HAMMERSCHMIDTIELLA DIESINGI; LEIDYNEMA; LEIDYNEMA APPENDICULATUM; NEMATODA; OXYURIDA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; THELASTOMA; THELASTOMA BULHOESI;

EID: 0031957676     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284477     Document Type: Article

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