Determinants of helminth aggregation in natural host populations: Individual differences or spatial heterogeneity?

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 629-636

  Haukisalmi, Voitto ^a   Henttonen, Heikki ^b  

^a Div of Population Biology ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE;

ARVICOLINAE; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 0033493164     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00511.x     Document Type: Article

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