The relationship between species richness and productivity in metazoan parasite communities

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-285

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Mouillot, David ^b   George Nascimento, Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Helminths; Host body mass; Parasite diversity; Phylogeny; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; METAZOAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; REPTILIA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142123081     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1343-z     Document Type: Article

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