Macroparasite infections of amphibians: What can they tell us?

EcoHealth

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-360

  Koprivnikar, Janet ^a   Marcogliese, David J ^b   Rohr, Jason R ^c   Orlofske, Sarah A ^d   Raffel, Thomas R ^e   Johnson, Pieter T J ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Community ecology; Deformities; Emerging disease; Global change; Helminth; Infectious disease; Malformations; Parasite; Trematode

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES;

AMPHIBIA; ECHINOSTOMA; NEMATODA; RHABDIAS; RIBEIROIA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 84871923642     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0785-3     Document Type: Review

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