The number of niches in intestinal helminth communities of Anguilla anguilla: Are there enough spaces for parasites?

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-302

  Kennedy, C R ^a   Guegan J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Fish; Helminth community; Niche; Spatial series; Species richness; Temporal sites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EEL; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 0029828235     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000082068     Document Type: Article

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