The predictability of helminth community structure in space: A comparison of fish populations from adjacent lakes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1235-1243

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Valtonen, E Tellervo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Helminth communities; Interspecific associations; Nestedness; Perca fluviatilis; Predictability; Rutilus rutilus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISH; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FISH; HELMINTH; HOST; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PREDICTION; SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPACE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FISHES; FORECASTING; FRESH WATER; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PERCHES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FINLAND;

PERCA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; VERMES;

EID: 0036710455     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00109-1     Document Type: Article

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