Nestedness in colonization-dominated systems: Helminth infracommunities of Rana vaillanti brocchi (anura: ranidae) in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 705-710

  Zelmer, Derek A ^a   Paredes Calderón, Laura ^a,b   León Règagnon, Virginia ^a,b   García Prieto, Luis ^a,b  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTEDNESS; PARASITE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; ECOLOGY; FROG; HABITAT PREFERENCE; HELMINTH; HOST; INFRASPECIFIC RANK; INGESTION; LANDSCAPE; MEXICO; NESTED INFRACOMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PARASITE COLONIZATION; PARASITISM; PENETRATING INFRACOMMUNITY; PLACE PREFERENCE; RANA VAILLANTI BROCCHI; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANIDAE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE;

LOS TUXTLAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; VERACRUZ;

ANURA; LAGUNA; PROTOZOA; RANA VAILLANTI; RANIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 4344569196     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3316     Document Type: Article

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