Parasite specialization from a phylogenetic perspective: A new index of host specificity

Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-480

  Poulin, R ^a   Mouillot, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater fishes; Helminths; Phylogenetic diversity; Study effort; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CESTODA; NEMATODA; PISCES; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0038693817     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003002993     Document Type: Article

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