Field evidence for apparent competition mediated via the shared parasites of two gamebird species

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-14

  Tompkins, D M ^a   Draycott, R A H ^b   Hudson, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grey partridge; Heterakis gallinarum; Host exclusion; Indirect interactions; Nematode; Parasite mediated competition; Perdix perdix; Phasianus colchicus; Pheasant

Indexed keywords

HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; PERDIX PERDIX; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0033969580     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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