Composition of the helminth community of a montane population of the side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana (Phrynosomatidae) from Los Angeles County, California

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 204-208

  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; HOST; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CESTODA; NEMATODA; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHIDAE; OOCHORISTICA; OOCHORISTICA MACALLISTERI; PHRYNOSOMATIDAE; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; PHYSALOPTERA; PHYSALOPTERA RETUSA; RETUSA; SPAULIGODON; SPAULIGODON GIGANTICUS; SQUAMATA; UTA STANSBURIANA; VERMES;

EID: 0032958895     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0204:COTHCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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