Consistent differences in macroparasite community composition among populations of three-spined sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus L.

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1478-1491

  De Roij, Job ^a,b   Maccoll, Andrew D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

habitat characteristics; parasite abundance; parasite prevalence; spatial variation; temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; MACROPARASITE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FISH DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 84870171735     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012000789     Document Type: Article

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