Helminth community structure and diet of three Afrotropical anuran species: a test of the interactive-versus-isolationist parasite communities hypothesis

The interactive-versus-isolationist hypothesis predicts that parasite communities should be depauperated and weakly structured by interspecific competition in amphibians. A parasitological survey was carried out to test this hypothesis using three anuran species from Nigeria, tropical Africa (one Bu...

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Main Authors: G. C. Akani, L. Luiselli, C. C. Amuzie, G. N. Wokem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-09-01
Series:Web Ecology
Online Access:http://www.web-ecol.net/11/11/2011/we-11-11-2011.pdf