Comparison of three estimators of species richness in parasite component communities

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 485-490

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARASITE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031842688     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284710     Document Type: Article

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