Rapid evolution of parasite life history traits on an expanding range-edge

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 329-337

  Kelehear, Crystal ^a   Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Bufo marinus; Egg size; Fecundity; Free living larva; Infective larva; Lung nematode; Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala; Rhinella marina; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; NEMATODA; RHABDIAS;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; BUFO MARINUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RHABDITOIDEA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; BUFO MARINUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; RHABDITOIDEA;

EID: 84931748989     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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