Interactions of environmental stressors impact survival and development of parasitized larval amphibians

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2263-2272

  Koprivnikar, J ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Atrazine; Disease; Echinostoma trivolvis; Environment; Northern leopard frog; Parasite; Predator; Rana pipiens; Stress

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE;

ATRAZINE; CHEMICAL CUE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION; FLATWORM; FROG; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; PARASITISM; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FROG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PREDATION; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HERBICIDES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; TREMATODA;

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; RANA PIPIENS; TREMATODA;

EID: 78649868553     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1558.1     Document Type: Article

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