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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Marisa Tellez |
ISBN: | 9780520098893 0520098897 |
OCLC Number: | 840803458 |
Notes: | Cover title. |
Description: | xi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
Contents: | Material and methods: Background information ; Sources of documentation ; Taxonomic clarification of hosts and parasites ; Use of the database ; Interpreting crocodilian-parasite database -- Crocodilian-parasite database: Family Alligatoridae: Alligator mississippiensis ; Alligator sinensis ; Caiman crocodilus apaporiensis ; Caiman crocodilus chiapsius ; Caiman crocodilus crocodilus ; Caiman crocodilus fuscus ; Caiman latirostris ; Caiman yacare ; Melanosuchus niger ; Paleosuchus palpebrosus ; Paleosuchus trigonatus ; Family Crocodylidae: Crocodylus acutus ; Crocodylus intermedius ; Crocodylus johnstoni ; Crocodylus mindorensis ; Crocodylus moreletii ; Crocodylus niloticus ; Crocodylus novaeguineae ; Crocodylus palustris ; Crocodylus porosus ; Crocodylus rhombifer ; Crocodylus siamensis ; Mecistops cataphractus ; Osteolaemus tetraspis ; Osteolaemus tetraspis osborni ; Osteolaemus tetraspis tetraspis ; Tomistoma schlegelii ; Family Gavialidae: Gavialis gangeticus ; Unknown Crocodilian Species -- Parasite-Crocodilian Database: Proteobacteria ; Sacromastigophora ; Heterokontophyta ; Apicomplexa ; Myxozoa ; Platyhelminthes ; Rotifera ; Acanthocephala ; Annelida ; Nematoda ; Arthropoda -- Host specificity -- Conclusion. |
Series Title: | University of California publications in zoology, v. 136. |
Other Titles: | A checklist of host-parasite interactions of the order Crocodylia Host-parasite interactions of the order Crocodylia Host-parasite interaction of the order Crocodylia |
Responsibility: | Marisa Tellez. |
Abstract:
Analyzing parasite-host specificity, geographic distribution, and taxonomy can provide otherwise cryptic details about crocodilian ecology and evolution, as well as their local food web dynamics. This information is critical for improved conservation tactics for both crocodilians and their habitat. This title deals with this topic.
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