Phylogeny of Palaearctic Pharyngodonidae parasite species of Testudinidae: A morphological approach

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1885-1893

  Bouamer, Salah ^a   Morand, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

PARASITES; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS;

BIODIVERSITY;

MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

CTENOSAURA PECTINATA; OXYURIDA; TESTUDINIDAE; UROMASTYX; UROMASTYX ACANTHINURA;

EID: 1342268903     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-166     Document Type: Article

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