Understanding the net effects of pesticides on amphibian trematode infections

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1743-1753

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Raffel, Thomas R ^a   Sessions, Stanley K ^b   Hudson, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Carbaryl; ; Decline; Density mediated or trait mediated; Echinostoma trivolvis trematode; Glyphosate; Herbicide; Indirect effect; Insecticide; Malathion; Parasite; Planorbella trivolvis snail; Rana clamitans amphibian

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; GASTROPODA; PLANORBELLA TRIVOLVIS; RANA CLAMITANS; TREMATODA;

PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; FROG; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; PESTICIDES; RANIDAE;

EID: 53649099104     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1429.1     Document Type: Article

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