Parasites boost biodiversity and change animal community structure by trait-mediated indirect effects

Oikos

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 344-350

  Mouritsen, Kim N ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; AUSTROVENUS; BIVALVIA; TREMATODA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 13444273453     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13507.x     Document Type: Article

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