Parasites and the evolutionary diversification of primate clades

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Nunn, Charles L ^a,e   Altizer, Sonia ^b   Sechrest, Wes ^c,f   Jones, Kate E ^c,g   Barton, Robert A ^d   Gittleman, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^g Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Geographic range; Host parasite interactions; Primates; Sexual selection; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PRIMATE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE; PRIMATE DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LONGEVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 8744259792     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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