Species affinity and infracommunity ordination of helminths of Leptodactylus chaquensis (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in two contrasting environments from northeastern Argentina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1171-1179

  Hamann, M I ^a   Kehr, A I ^a   Gonzalez C E ^a  

^a Centro de Ecologia Aplicada del Littoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BODY SIZE; ENDOPARASITE; FROG; HABITAT TYPE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE; ORDINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOME; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; GENDER; HABITAT; HELMINTHIASIS; LEPTODACTYLUS CHAQUENSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANURA; ARGENTINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; TREES;

ARGENTINA; CORRIENTES; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS CHAQUENSIS; VERMES;

EID: 33846284060     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-862R1.1     Document Type: Article

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