Analysis of aggregated parasite distributions: A comparison of methods

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 592-601

  Wilson, K ^a,b   Grenfell, B T ^a   Shaw, D J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Generalized linear modelling; GLIM; Macroparasites; Negative binomial; Splus

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; GENERALISED LINEAR MODEL; PARASITE; SOAY SHEEP;

UK, SCOTLAND, WESTERN ISLES, ST KILDA;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030303333     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2390169     Document Type: Review

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