A parasite spatially structures its host population

Oikos

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Wellnitz, Todd ^a   Giari, Luisa ^b   Maynard, Barbara ^a   Dezfuli, Bahram S ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM;

ITALY;

AMPHIPODA; ECHINOGAMMARUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037986589     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12153.x     Document Type: Article

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