Preliminary evaluation of the potential of the helminth parasite Rhabdias elegans as a biological control agent for invasive Puerto Rican coquís (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in Hawaii

Biological Control

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-74

  Marr, Shenandoah R ^a   Johnson, Steve A ^b,c   Hara, Arnold H ^a   McGarrity, Monica E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Biological control; Eleutherodactylus coqui; Growth; Invasive; Locomotory performance; Lung nematode; Rhabdias elegans; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS (GENUS); ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; HEXAPODA; REPTILIA; RHABDIAS; VERMES;

EID: 77955578068     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.04.012     Document Type: Article

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