Helminth infracommunities of Rana vaillanti brocchi (Anura: Ranidae) in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 692-696

  Paredes Calderón, Laura ^a   León Règagnon, Virginia ^a   García Prieto, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FROG; PARASITE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ADOLESCENT; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BERGER PARKER INDEX; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIGENEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; FROG; HELMINTH; INFRACOMMUNITY; INFRASPECIFIC RANK; LANGERONIA MACROCIRRA; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RANA VAILLANTI BROCCHI; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; LUNG; MESENTERY; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; RANIDAE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; LAGUNA; LANGERONIA; NEMATODA; RANA VAILLANTI; RANIDAE; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 4344718856     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-226R     Document Type: Article

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