Phased infectivity in Heterorhabditis megidis: The effects of infection density in the parental host and filial generation

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1013-1018

  Ryder, J J ^a,b   Griffin, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Heterorhabditis; Infection density; Infective juvenile; Phased infectivity

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HETERORHABDITIS; HETERORHABDITIS MEGIDIS; INSECTA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0142061050     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00131-0     Document Type: Article

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