An ecological law and its macroecological consequences as revealed by studies of relationships between host densities and parasite prevalence

Ecography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 352-358

  Arneberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ENOPLIDA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; OXYURIDA; SPIRURIDA;

EID: 0034929676     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2001.tb00208.x     Document Type: Article

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