Nested assemblages resulting from host size variation: The case of endoparasite communities in fish hosts

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1194-1204

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Valtonen, E Tellervo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Infracommunity structure; Null models; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECTOPARASITE; HOST SELECTION; NESTEDNESS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEEDING; FINLAND; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FINLAND; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034892660     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00262-4     Document Type: Article

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