Stochasticity accelerates nematode egg development

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1271-1272

  Saunders, L M ^a,b   Tompkins, D M ^a   Hudson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b PPD Development Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; EGG; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036934922     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1271:saned]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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