Population abundance and sex ratio in dioecious helminth parasites

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acanthocephalans; Intensity of infection; Nematodes; Phylogenetic contrasts; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HELMINTH; PARASITE INFECTION; SEX RATIO;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030803443     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050248     Document Type: Article

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