Parasites and ecosystem engineering: What roles could they play?

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-171

  Thomas, Frédéric ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b   De Meeüs, Thierry ^c   Guégan, Jean François ^c   Renaud, François ^c  

^a Tour du Valet   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032990863     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546879     Document Type: Review

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