Patterns of trombiculid mite (Hannemania dunni) parasitism among plethodontid salamanders in the western Piedmont of North Carolina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 631-634

  Westfall, Marjorie C ^a   Cecala, Kristen K ^a   Price, Steven J ^a,b   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; MITE; PARASITISM;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; ECTOPARASITE; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA; HABITAT; HANNEMANIA DUNNI; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PLETHODON CYLINDRACEUS; SALAMANDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROMBICULIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; LINEAR MODELS; MITE INFESTATIONS; NORTH CAROLINA; SEASONS; TROMBICULIDAE; URODELA;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA; HANNEMANIA; PLETHODON CYLINDRACEUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 47349083584     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1260R1.1     Document Type: Article

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