Composition and structure of helminth communities of the salamanders, Aneides lugubris, Batrachoseps nigriventris, Ensatina eschscholtzii (Plethodontidae), and Taricha torosa (Salamandridae) from California

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 248-251

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^a,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; HELMINTH COMMUNITY; HOST ASSOCIATION; SALAMANDER;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELMINTH; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; SALAMANDER; SEASHORE;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANEIDES LUGUBRIS; BATRACHOLANDROS; BATRACHOLANDROS SALAMANDRAE; BATRACHOSEPS NIGRIVENTRIS; BITEGMEN; BITEGMEN GERRHONOTI; CAUDATA; CESTODA; COSMOCERCOIDES; COSMOCERCOIDES VARIABILIS; ENSATINA ESCHSCHOLTZII; FALCAUSTRA; FALCAUSTRA PRETIOSA; MEGALOBATRACHONEMA; MEGALOBATRACHONEMA GIGANTICA; NEMATODA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; OSWALDOCRUZIA PIPIENS; PLETHODONTIDAE; RHABDIAS; RHABDIAS JOAQUINENSIS; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA TOROSA; VERMES;

EID: 0031957677     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284478     Document Type: Article

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