Experimental evidence of asymmetrical competition between two species of parasitic copepods

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1456, 2000, Pages 1973-1978

  Dawson, L H J ^a   Renaud, F ^a   Guegan, J F ^a   De Meeus, T ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Copepods; Diversity; Ecology; Parasites; Specialization

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; HOST PREFERENCE; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; COPEPOD; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

COPEPODA; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS EUROPAENSIS; LEPEOPHTHEIRUS THOMPSONI; PSETTA MAXIMA; SCOPHTHALMUS RHOMBUS;

EID: 0034619096     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1238     Document Type: Article

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