Chemoattraction and host preference of the gastropod parasitic nematode phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-526

  Rae, Robbie G ^a   Robertson, Jamie F ^a,b   Wilson, Michael J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; GASTROPOD; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; JUVENILE; NEMATODE; OLFACTORY CUE; SLUG; SNAIL;

ARION SUBFUSCUS; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEROCERAS PANORMITANUM; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; HELIX ASPERSA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; INVERTEBRATE; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; SMELLING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FECES; MUCUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SNAIL;

ARION SUBFUSCUS; DEROCERAS PANORMITANUM; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; INVERTEBRATA; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA;

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPODA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MUCUS; OLIGOCHAETA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; RHABDITOIDEA; SNAILS;

EID: 73949135748     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1637.1     Document Type: Article

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