Analysing interspecific associations in parasites: Alternative methods and effects of sampling heterogeneity

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 565-574

  Haukisalmi, Voitto ^a   Henttonen, Heikki ^b  

^a Division of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Helminths; Interspecific associations; Null models; Shrews; Sorex

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031796611     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050622     Document Type: Article

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