Parasite body size distributions: Interpreting patterns of skewness

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 959-964

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Morand, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Body size; Constraints; Evolutionary diversification; Skewness; Symmetrical distributions

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; PARASITE; SKEWNESS;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECTOPARASITE; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NEMATODA; PARASITES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030798775     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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