Concomitant predation on parasites is highly variable but constrains the ways in which parasites contribute to food web structure

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 734-744

  Cirtwill, Alyssa R ^a   Stouffer, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interaction roles; Network motifs; Role dispersion; Role diversity; Species roles

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; PARASITE; PREDATION RISK;

ANIMAL; BIOTA; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PREDATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; PARASITES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84928207234     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12323     Document Type: Article

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