A general test of the interactive-isolationist continuum in gastrointestinal parasite communities of fish

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1623-1630

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Luque, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Competition; Component communities; Gastrointestinal helminths; Infracommunities; Species richness; Structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENDOPARASITE; FISH; PARASITE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH SCHOOL; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTESTINE PARASITE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE;

VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242467817     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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