Helminth community structure of sympatric Eastern American toad, Bufo americanus americanus, northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens, and blue-spotted salamander, Ambystoma laterale, from Southeastern Wisconsin

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 673-680

  Bolek, Matthew G ^a,b   Coggins, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; PARASITE;

AMBYOSTOMA LATERALE; AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUFO AMERICANUS AMERICANUS; CESTODE; FROG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTH; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SALAMANDER; TOAD; TREMATODE; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RANA PIPIENS; WISCONSIN;

UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA LATERALE; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS AMERICANUS; CAUDATA; CESTODA; NEMATODA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS; REPTILIA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0141521809     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-70R     Document Type: Article

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