Parasitic mites influence fitness components of their host, the land snail Arianta arbustorum

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 350-356

  Schüpbach, Hans U ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Life history; Reproduction; Survival; Terrestrial gastropod

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 50049087550     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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