PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN COMMUNITIES OF HELMINTH-PARASITES

被引:103
作者
SOUSA, WP
机构
[1] Wayne Sousa is at the Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0169-5347(94)90268-2
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
What processes account for the structure and dynamics of helminth parasite assemblages within vertebrate and invertebrate hosts? Attempts to answer this question form the basis for the emerging subdiscipline of parasite community ecology. Negative interspecific interactions strongly affect the distribution and abundance of parasites in some systems, but only intermittently, if ever, in others. Empirical results provide only mixed support for recent theories that attempt to explain this variation.
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