Helminth communities in the northern spring peeper, Pseudacris c. crucifer wied, and the wood frog, Rana sylvatica Le Conte, from southeastern Wisconsin

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-214

  Yoder, H Randall ^a   Coggins, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaria mustelae; Cosmocercoides dukae; Diplostomula; Fibricola texensis; Glypthelmins pennsylvaniensis; Hematoloechus varioplexus; Mesocercaria; Oswaldocruzia pipiens; Pseudacris crucifer; Rana sylvatica; Rhabdias ranae; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042902182     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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