An ecosystem approach to understanding and managing within-host parasite community dynamics

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 212-221

  Rynkiewicz, Evelyn C ^a   Pedersen, Amy B ^a   Fenton, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMENSAL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYMBIONT; SYNECOLOGY; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COINFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84929509900     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.02.005     Document Type: Review

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