| a predictable suite of helminth parasites in the long-billed dowitcher, limnodromus scolopaceus, from the chihuahua desert in texas and mexico. | eighty-eight long-billed dowitchers, limnodromus scolopaceus, were examined for helminth parasites, 62 from texas and 26 from mexico. in total, 3,558 helminth parasites were obtained from this host, 2,273 from texas birds and 1,285 from birds from mexico. the component communities consisted of 22 species of helminths in texas, and 19 in mexico. of a total of 26 helminth species recorded from the 2 localities, 15 were common to both, 7 found only in texas, and 4 only in mexico. fifty-nine of 62 t ... | 2010 | 21158610 |