On the efficacy of anti-parasite behaviour: A case study of tadpole susceptibility to cercariae of Echinostoma trivolvis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1623-1629

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; PARASITISM;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLATWORM; FROG; LARVA; PARASITISM; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SYLVATICA; TREMATODA;

EID: 33947248960     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-158     Document Type: Article

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