The stickleback-Schistocephalus host-parasite system as a model for understanding the effect of a macroparasite on host reproduction

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 625-645

  Heins, David C ^a   Baker, John A ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Host parasite relationship; Parasitism; Reproduction; Schistocephalus; Threespine stickleback

Indexed keywords

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS;

EID: 41249086618     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908792451412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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