Egg size variation as a function of environmental variability in parasitic trematodes

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 564-569

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Hamilton, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; PARASITE;

EID: 0033937548     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-245     Document Type: Article

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