Effects of the Protozoan Parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha on the Fitness of Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-88

  Altizer, Sonia M ^a   Oberhauser, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect disease; Neogregarine; Protozoan parasite; Vertical transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037671232     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1999.4853     Document Type: Article

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