Qualitative community stability determines parasite establishment and richness in estuarine marshes
The establishment of parasites with complex life cycles is generally thought to be regulated by free-living species richness and the stability of local ecological interactions. In this study, we test the prediction that stable host communities are prerequisite for the establishment of complex multi-...
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Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2013-06-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/92.pdf |