Biogeography of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes in Mexico: The search for patterns and processes

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 645-659

  Pérez Ponce De León, Gerardo ^a   Choudhury, Anindo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Fishes; Helminths; Host specificity; Mexico; Nearctic; Neotropical; Parasites

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CICHLID; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ATHERINIDAE; CESTODA; CHARACIDAE; CICHLIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); GOODEIDAE; ICTALURIDAE; MONOGENEA; NEARCTIC; NEMATODA; PERCOMORPHA; PIMELODIDAE; PISCES; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 17644365178     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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