Determinants and consequences of interspecific body size variation in tetraphyllidean tapeworms

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 759-769

  Randhawa, Haseeb Sajjad ^a   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abundance; Body size; Depth; Latitude; Tetraphyllidea

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVERTEBRATE; LATITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CESTODE; CESTODIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; ELASMOBRANCHII; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; ELASMOBRANCHII; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BATOIDEA; CESTODA; CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; LAMNIDAE; TETRAPHYLLIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 70349495844     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1410-1     Document Type: Article

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