Within-and among-family variation in parasite load and parasite-induced mortality in the land snail arianta arbustorum, a host of parasitic mites

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 830-832

  Schüpbach, Hans Ulrich ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; GASTROPOD; HERITABILITY; HIBERNATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; MORTALITY; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE RESISTANCE; SNAIL;

ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HIBERNATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; REVIEW; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MITES; SNAILS;

ACARI; ARIANTA ARBUSTORUM; GASTROPODA; HELICIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 77953913610     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2315.1     Document Type: Review

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