Species richness of parasite assemblages: Evolution and patterns

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 28, Issue , 1997, Pages 341-158

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community structure; Helminths; Nestedness; Phylogenetic influences; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PARASITE ASSEMBLAGE; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL SCALE;

EID: 0031450968     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.28.1.341     Document Type: Review

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