Do parasites adopt different strategies in different intermediate hosts? Host size, not host species, influences Coitocaecum parvum (Trematoda) life history strategy, size and egg production

Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-283

  Daniels, R Ruiz ^a,b   Beltran, S ^a   Poulin, R ^b   Lagrue, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coitocaecum parvum; intermediate hosts; life cycle abbreviation; Paracalliope fluviatilis; Paracorophium excavatum

Indexed keywords

'MICROPHALLUS'; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COITOCAECUM PARVUM; FERTILITY; HEDRURIS SPINIGERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MICROPENIS; NONHUMAN; PARACALLIOPE FLUVIATILIS; PARACOROPHIUM EXCAVATUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD CHAIN; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TREMATODA;

EID: 84873364753     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012001564     Document Type: Article

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