Assembly rules of ectoparasite communities across scales: Combining patterns of abiotic factors, host composition, geographic space, phylogeny and traits

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 184-197

  Krasnov, Boris R ^a   Shenbrot, Georgy I ^a   Khokhlova, Irina S ^a   Stanko, Michal ^b   Morand, Serge ^c   Mouillot, David ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84922618472     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00915     Document Type: Article

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