Helminth parasites of the bufflehead duck, bucephala albeola, wintering in the chihuahua desert with a checklist of helminth parasites reported from this host

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Gladden, Beverly W ^a,b   Canaris, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DIETARY SHIFT; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; SEABIRD; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATERFOWL;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DUCK; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREMATODE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ANAS; ANATIDAE; BUCEPHALA ALBEOLA; CESTODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; DESERT CLIMATE; DUCKS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MANITOBA; MEXICO; TEXAS;

EID: 64549128248     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1472.1     Document Type: Article

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