Effects of environmental change on helminth infections in amphibians: Exploring the emergence of Ribeiroia and Echinostoma infections in North America.

The Biology of Echinostomes: From the Molecule to the Community

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 249-280

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a   McKenzie, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09577-6_11     Document Type: Chapter

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