The functional importance of parasites in animal communities: Many roles at many levels?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 903-914

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem engineering; Indirect interactions; Intertidal community; Modified host phenotype; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; HOST; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; SEDIMENT; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; MOLLUSCA; TREMATODA;

ANIMALIA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032811940     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00045-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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