Body size-density relationships and species diversity in parasitic nematodes: Patterns and likely processes

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 951-961

  Morand, S ^a   Poulin, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Body size; Energetic equivalence rule; Model; Nematode

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041902206     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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