Patterns in the evenness of gastrointestinal helminth communities

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evenness; Gastrointestinal helminths; Parasite community structure; Phylogenetic contrasts; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NEMATODE; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030040453     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(95)00112-3     Document Type: Article

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