The trophic vacuum and the evolution of complex life cycles in trophically transmitted helminths

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1793, 2014, Pages

  Benesh, Daniel P ^a,b   Chubb, James C ^c   Parker, Geoff A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex life cycle; Food web; Nematoda; Skin penetration; Trophic level; Vector transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FOOD WEB; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PROPAGULE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

NEMATODA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INVERTEBRATES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEMATODA; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84941182055     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1462     Document Type: Article

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