Range-wide ecological niche comparisons of parasite, hosts and dispersers in a vector-borne plant parasite system

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1664-1673

  Lira Noriega, Andrés ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecological niche model; Host; Mistletoe; Niche overlap; Parasite niche hypothesis; Phoradendron californicum; Western North America

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHORADENDRON; PHORADENDRON CALIFORNICUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84905746841     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12302     Document Type: Article

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