Intra- and interspecific density-dependent effects on growth in helminth parasites of the cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 537-544

  Dezfuli, B S ^a   Volponi, S ^a   Beltrami, I ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Competition; Contracaecum rudolphii; Egg output; Size dimorphism; Southwellina hispida; Syncuaria squamata; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTRACAECUM RUDOLPHII; EGG PRODUCTION; HELMINTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO SINENSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHWELLINA HISPIDA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNCUARIA SQUAMATA; WORM EGG;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CONTRACAECUM; CONTRACAECUM RUDOLPHII; NEMATODA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; SOUTHWELLINA; SOUTHWELLINA HISPIDA; SQUAMATA; VERMES;

EID: 0036092496     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002001555     Document Type: Article

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