Biases in parasite biodiversity research: why some helminth species attract more research than others
As the number of known and described parasite species grows every year, one might ask: how much do we actually know about these species beyond the fact they exist? For free-living taxa, research effort is biased toward a small subset of species based on their properties or human-centric factors. Her...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-08-01
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Series: | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423000330 |