Inter-annual variation in prevalence and intensity of mite parasitism relates to appearance and expression of damselfly resistance

BMC Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nagel, Laura ^a   Robb, Tonia ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; HEXAPODA; ZYGOPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; MALE; MITES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77949435453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-5     Document Type: Article

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