Testing the niche apportionment hypothesis with parasite communities: Is random assortment always the rule?

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 717-724

  Munoz G ^a   Mouillot, D ^b   Poulin, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Community structure; Coral reef fish; Niche apportionment hypothesis; Parasite biovolume; Tokeshi's models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ASSORTMENT MODEL; SIMULATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FISH DISEASES; GEOGRAPHY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PERCIFORMES; STATISTICS;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33646012637     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009613     Document Type: Article

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