Host population density and body mass as determinants of species richness in parasite communities: Comparative analyses of directly transmitted nematodes of mammals

Ecography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 88-94

  Arneberg, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDAE;

EID: 0036488410     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2002.250110.x     Document Type: Article

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