Metazoan parasites and resource heterogeneity: Constraints and benefits

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 299-304

  Combes, Claude ^a   Théron, André ^a  

^a Centre de Biologie et Ecologie tropicale et méditerranéenne   (France)

Author keywords

Alloxenic speciation; Evolution; Habitat selection; Host specificity; Microhabitat

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; PARASITE; SPECIALIZATION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

METAZOA;

EID: 0343340427     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00012-6     Document Type: Article

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