Phylogeny determines the role of helminth parasites in intertidal food webs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1265-1275

  Poulin, Robert ^a   Krasnov, Boris R ^b   Pilosof, Shai ^b   Thieltges, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Modularity; Network centrality; Phylogenetic signal; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

COHESION; CONNECTIVITY; DEFINITIVE HOST; EIGENVALUE; FOOD WEB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; RESILIENCE; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CESTODA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CESTODE; CONNECTEDNESS; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MODULARITY; NEMATODE; NETWORK CENTRALITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREMATODE; TREMATODES;

CONNECTEDNESS; MODULARITY; NETWORK CENTRALITY; PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL; TREMATODES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CESTODA; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; TREMATODA;

EID: 84886243773     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12101     Document Type: Article

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