On the relevance of abundance and spatial pattern for interpretations of host-parasite association data

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 401-409

  Cumming, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SAMPLING BIAS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROBABILITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA;

EID: 6344258341     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2004319     Document Type: Article

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