Competition and mutualism among the gut helminths of a mammalian host

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6985, 2004, Pages 840-844

  Lello, Joanne ^a   Boag, Brian ^b   Fenton, Andrew ^c   Stevenson, Ian R ^d   Hudson, Peter J ^e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Birch Brae   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORIES;

CROSS-IMMUNITY; PARASITES;

BIODIVERSITY;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HERBIVORY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; SCOTLAND; SYMBIOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERMES;

EID: 1942435224     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02490     Document Type: Article

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