Female biased parasitism and the importance of host generation overlap in a sexually transmitted parasite of beetles

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-118

  Seeman, Owen D ^a,b,c   Nahrung, Helen F ^a,d  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b CRC for Sustainable Prod Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MITE; PARASITISM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHRYSOPHTHARTA AGRICOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MATING; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PAROBIA HUSBANDI; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MITES; SEX FACTORS; TASMANIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PODAPOLIPIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 1442274896     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-101R1     Document Type: Article

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