Spatial scaling laws do not structure strongyloid nematode communities in macropodid hosts

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1171-1177

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Beveridge, Ian ^b   Spratt, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Body size; Fractal geometry; Species packing rule

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MARSUPIAL; NEMATODE; NICHE OVERLAP; RESOURCE USE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; HOST; MARSUPIAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOIDES;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FRACTALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MACROPODIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOMACH; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDEA;

CHABERTIIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 44349119082     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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