Body size evolution of oxyurid (nematoda) parasites: The role of hosts

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 274-282

  Morand, Serge ^a   Legendre, Pierre ^b   Gardner, Scott Lyell ^c   Hugot, Jean Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Body size; Host parasite relationship; Independent comparisons; Lognormally skewed distribution; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; OXYURIDAE; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA; OXYURIDA;

BODY SIZE; PINWORM;

EID: 0029662604     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327912     Document Type: Article

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