Parasitism as a Driver of Trophic Niche Specialisation

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 437-445

  Britton, J Robert ^a   Andreou, Demetra ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Host phenotype; Intermediate host; Manipulative parasite; Parasite mediated competition; Trophic transmission

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC NICHE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84959919741     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.02.007     Document Type: Review

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