Fluctuating asymmetry and parasitism in six New Zealand insects

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 409-412

  Ward, Darren F ^a   Thomas, Frédéric ^a   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cockroaches; Fluctuating asymmetry; Grasshoppers; Gregarines; Oxyuroid nematodes; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; GRASSHOPPER; PARASITISM;

NEW ZEALAND;

DICTYOPTERA; NEMATODA; ORTHOPTERA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032170386     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80046-5     Document Type: Article

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