The intra- and interspecific relationships between abundance and distribution in helminth parasites of birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 719-725

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Host specificity; Intensity of infection; Phylogeny; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032790623     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1999.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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