Age/size- and time-specific effects of Schistosoma mansoni on energy allocation patterns of its snail host Biomphalaria glabrata

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 447-452

  Gerard C ^a   Theron A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; Fecundity; Growth rate; Resource allocation; Schistosoma

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ALLOCATION; HOST RESPONSE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 2642691692     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050331     Document Type: Article

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