Where are the parasites in food webs?

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sukhdeo, Michael Vk ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Food webs; Matrix models; Network theory; Parasites; Topology

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOROUS ACID;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ACANTHOCEPHALUS; AUTOTROPH; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CYBERNETICS; ECOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FISHERY; FOOD WEB; HELMINTH; HOST; HUMAN; ISOPODA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLANKTON; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TREMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES;

TREMATODA;

EID: 84867666591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-239     Document Type: Review

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