Macroecological patterns of species richness in parasite assemblages

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-434

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Helminths; Island biogeography theory; Latitudinal gradients; Phylogenetic contrasts; Sampling effort; Species area curve

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; VERMES;

EID: 10344234255     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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