PARASITE PREVALENCE AND HOST SAMPLE-SIZE

被引：58

作者：

GREGORY, RD ^{[1
]}

BLACKBURN, TM ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV LONDON IMPERIAL COLL SCI & TECHNOL,CTR POPULAT BIOL,ASCOT SL5 7PY,BERKS,ENGLAND

来源：

PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1991年 / 7卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1016/0169-4758(91)90269-T

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

Parasite prevalence is a summary statistic familiar to biologists. However, that there is an interspecific relationship between prevalence and sample size (the number of host individuals examined for parasites) is not widely appreciated. In this article, Richard Gregory and Tim Blackburn present some examples of this negative relationship, explain the mechanisms that underlie this pattern and discuss the potential problems this association might create for biological studies.

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页码：316 / 318

页数：3

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