Relative infection levels and taxonomic distances among the host species used by a parasite: Insights into parasite specialization

Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-115

  Poulin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fish; Helminths; Host colonization; Host specificity; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESTODE; ECOLOGY; FISH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; LIFE CYCLE; METAZOON; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CESTODA; COPEPODA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 12744261262     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182004006304     Document Type: Article

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