Density, body mass and parasite species richness of terrestrial mammals

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 717-727

  Morand, Serge ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body mass; Density; Helminths; Independent contrasts; Mammals; Parasite richness

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MAMMAL; PARASITE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0031874844     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006537600093     Document Type: Article

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