Causes of inter-individual variation in reproductive strategies of the parasitic nematode Graphidioides subterraneus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 335-339

  Rossin, Marìa Alejandra ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b   Timi, Juan Tomás ^c   Malizia, Ana Inés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GRAPHIDIOIDES SUBTERRANEUS; HERBIVORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ANIMALS; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; NEMATODA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REPRODUCTION; RODENTIA;

CTENOMYS TALARUM; GRAPHIDIOIDES; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

EID: 21744448661     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1400-0     Document Type: Article

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