Nestedness, anti-nestedness, and the relationship between prevalence and intensity in ectoparasite assemblages of marine fish: A spatial model of species coexistence

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1147-1152

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Guégan, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Null models; Phylogeny; Species coexistence; Species richness; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOPARASITE; NESTEDNESS; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ARTICLE; ECTOPARASITE; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0342409272     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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