Testing the energetic equivalence rule with helminth endoparasites of vertebrates

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 527-531

  George Nascimento, Mario ^a   Muñoz, Gabriela ^b   Marquet, Pablo A ^c   Poulin, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chile; Density; Endoparasites; Host body mass; Macroecology; Parasite body mass; Trophically transmitted; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; ENDOPARASITE; MACROECOLOGY; PARASITISM; VERTEBRATE;

INVERTEBRATA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042704504     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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