The relationship between specialization and local abundance: The case of helminth parasites of birds

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 372-378

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Mouillot, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Host specificity; Phylogeny; Taxonomic distinctness; Trade off hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIALIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; CESTODA; NEMATODA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 3843126373     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1593-4     Document Type: Article

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