Parasites and the island syndrome: The colonization of the western Mediterranean islands by Heligmosomoides polygyrus (Dujardin, 1845)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1212-1222

  Nieberding, C ^a   Morand, S ^b   Libois, R ^a   Michaux, J R ^a,b  

^a Zoogeographical Research Unit   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Corsica; Heligmosomoidea; Heligmosomoides polygyrus corsicum; Island biogeography; Island syndrome; Mitochondrial cytochrome b; Nematode; Niche enlargement

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONIZATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIFE HISTORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; VERTEBRATE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; CORSE; CRETE; ELBA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SARDINIA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TUSCANY; WESTERN EUROPE;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; DUJARDIN; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745015512     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01503.x     Document Type: Article

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