Parasite establishment in host communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 837-842

  Holt, Robert D ^a   Dobson, Andrew P ^b   Begon, Michael ^c   Bowers, Roger G ^c,d   Schauber, Eric M ^e  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Environ/Evol Biology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Host parasite interaction; Indirect effects; Infectious disease; Isocline analysis; Multiple host species; Parasite invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PATHOGEN;

EID: 0042786661     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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