Using parasites to infer host population history: A new rationale for parasite conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-181

  Whiteman, Noah Kerness ^a   Parker, Patricia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ACARI; NEMATODA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19644386052     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943005001915     Document Type: Article

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