Environmental factors influencing trematode prevalence in grey tree frog (Hyla versicolor) tadpoles in southern Ontario

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 997-1001

  Koprivnikar, Janet ^a   Baker, Robert L ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; NITRATE;

EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; FROG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TADPOLE; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; ATRAZINE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; LINEAR MODELS; NITRATES; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; TREES; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ALARIA (TREMATODE); CANIDAE; HYLA VERSICOLOR; HYLIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 33845259556     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-771R.1     Document Type: Article

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