Patterns of macroparasite aggregation in wildlife host populations

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 597-608

  Shaw, D J ^a,c   Grenfell, B T ^a   Dobson, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Macroparasites; Negative binomial; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 0031773689     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003448     Document Type: Article

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