Female size shows similar trends in all clades of the phylum Nematoda

Nematology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-127

  Yeates, Gregor W ^a   Boag, Brian ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Exponential; Nematode; Parasite; Unifying principles; Volume

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FEEDING; HABITAT TYPE; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMADORIDA; NEMATODA;

EID: 34547695452     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 15685411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854106776179881     Document Type: Article

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