Short-term seasonal changes in parasite community structure in northern leopard froglets (Rana pipiens) inhabiting agricultural wetlands

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-22

  King, Kayla C ^a,b   Gendron, Andrée D ^a,c   McLaughlin, J Daniel ^a   Giroux, Isabelle ^a,d   Brousseau, Pauline ^a,e   Cyr, Daniel ^a,e   Ruby, Sylvia M ^a   Fournier, Michel ^a,e   Marcogliese, David J ^a,c  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^e INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; RUNOFF;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIETARY SHIFT; DOMINANCE; FROG; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEMATODE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; METAMORPHOSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; QUEBEC; RANA PIPIENS; SEASONS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

ANURA; CACOSTERNUM; HAEMATOLOECHUS; NAJAS; NEMATODA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 40949159349     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1233.1     Document Type: Article

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