Parasites as threats to biodiversity in shrinking ecosystems

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 975-983

  Holmes, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

climatic change; contaminants; disease; endangered species; fragmentation; new diseases; parasites

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATIC CHANGE; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PARASITE;

EID: 0029659503     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00054415     Document Type: Review

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