Relationship between host abundance and parasite distribution: Inferring regulating mechanisms from census data

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 575-583

  Stanko, Michal ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b,d   Morand, Serge ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^d Ramon Science Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Host abundance; Parasite abundance; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FLEA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECTIVORA; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SLOVAKIA;

ANIMALS; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA; SLOVAKIA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 33645395979     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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