The role of trematode parasites in larval anuran communities: An aquatic ecologist's guide to the major players

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 371-385

  Szuroczki, Dorina ^a   Richardson, Jean M L ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echinostoma trivolvis; Emerging infectious disease; Ribeiroia ondatrae; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ORGANISM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLATWORM; INFECTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYNERGISM;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FROGS AND TOADS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 70349111720     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1388-8     Document Type: Review

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