Host resistance and tolerance to parasitism: development-dependent fitness consequences in Common Ho...
Host resistance and tolerance to parasitism: development-dependent fitness consequences in Common Hourglass Tree Frog (Polypedates cruciger) tadpoles exposed to two larval trematodes
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Ottawa: NRC Research Press
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English
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Ottawa: NRC Research Press
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Tolerance and resistance to parasites are defense strategies of host organisms. Here, we tested the development-dependent tolerance and resistance of Polypedates cruciger Blyth, 1852 tadpoles to trematode infection. We exposed the tadpoles at Gosner stages 27, 28–29, and 30–31 to two types of cercariae (furcocercous and pleurolophocercous cercariae...
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Host resistance and tolerance to parasitism: development-dependent fitness consequences in Common Hourglass Tree Frog (Polypedates cruciger) tadpoles exposed to two larval trematodes
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TN_cdi_gale_infotraccpiq_606326229
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_gale_infotraccpiq_606326229
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0008-4301,1480-3283
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1480-3283,0008-4301
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10.1139/cjz-2018-0126
