The influence of host ecology and biogeography on the helminth species richness of freshwater fishes in Mexico

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1652-1665

  Garrido Olvera, L ^a   Arita, H T ^b   Perez Ponce De Leon G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

diversity; geographical range; hydrological regions; independent contrasts; Nearctic region; Neotropical region; Osteichthyes; parasites

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHERINOPSIDAE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CESTODE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOODEIDAE; HABITAT; HELMINTH; HOST; LEECH; MEXICO; MONOGENEA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREMATODE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MEXICO;

EID: 84867810752     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201200100X     Document Type: Article

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