The biogeography of parasitism in sticklebacks: Distance, habitat differences and the similarity in parasite occurrence and abundance

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 540-551

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Blanar, Christopher A ^b   Thieltges, David W ^c   Marcogliese, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; TELEOST;

EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; METAZOA;

EID: 79960476191     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06826.x     Document Type: Article

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