Tropics, trophics and taxonomy: The determinants of parasite-associated host mortality

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1273-1280

  Robar, Nicholas ^a   Burness, Gary ^a   Murray, Dennis L ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; PATHOGENICITY; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AMPHIBIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77955157493     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18292.x     Document Type: Article

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