Body size vs abundance among parasite species: Positive relationships?

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 246-250

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PARASITE;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; VERMES;

EID: 0032980162     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00499.x     Document Type: Article

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