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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Main Authors: Robert Poulin, Bronwen Presswell, Jerusha Bennett, Daniela de Angeli Dutra, Priscila M. Salloum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423000330