How to measure ecological host specificity

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-124

  Rohde, K ^a   Rohde, P P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commensals; Herbivores; Host ecology; Host range; Host specificity; Parasite ecology; Parasites; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

COMMENSAL; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HERBIVORE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIONT;

EID: 58649118882     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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8. The program for the index can be found at: http:// www-personal.une.edu.au/~krohde/files/hsi.m