Intra- and interspecific competition among helminth parasites: Effects on Coitocaecum parvum life history strategy, size and fecundity

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1435-1444

  Lagrue, Clément ^a   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coitocaecum parvum; Intra and interspecific interactions; Life history strategy; Progenesis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYMPATRY;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS GALAXII; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COITOCAECUM PARVUM; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; METACERCARIA; MIXED INFECTION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARACALLIOPE FLUVIATILIS; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPATRY; TREMATODE;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FERTILITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS GALAXII; AVES; COITOCAECUM PARVUM; MICROPHALLUS (TREMATODE); PARACALLIOPE; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 51249101708     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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