Mermithid parasitism of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders in a fragmented landscape

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-136

  Vandergast, Amy G ^a   Roderick, George K ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hawaii; Infection prevalence; Mermithidae; Molecular identification; Tetragnathidae

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANIMEMIS; HAWAIIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MERMIS NIGRESCENS; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHIDAE; NEMATODA; TETRAGNATHA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 0344098911     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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