Parasite biodiversity revisited: Frontiers and constraints

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 581-589

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anchoring effect; Cryptic diversity; Host species diversity; Latitudinal gradient; Species area relationships; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PARASITE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TAXONOMY;

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE BIODIVERSITY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904973985     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.02.003     Document Type: Review

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