Parasites webs
August 13th, 2008
Parasites webs
Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem
119 CHAPTER 9 Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem Kevin D. Lafferty, Ryan F. Hechinger, Jenny C. Shaw, Kathleen Whitney, and Armand M. (more...)
UCSB Press Release: "Study Shows That Parasites Form the Thread of ...
Study Shows That Parasites Form the Thread of Food Webs ... Click for downloadable image A free-swimming stage of a parasite larva. Photo: (more...)
Study Shows That Parasites Form The Thread Of Food Webs
Scientists have discovered that parasites are surprisingly important in food webs, and their findings appear in a report published this week in the Proceedings of the National ... (more...)
Parasites dominate food web links
Calls for considering typical parasites in food webs (3,8-10) have gained few responses. The initial efforts have shown little effect of including parasites in food webs beyond ... (more...)
Parasitism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although parasites are often omitted in depictions of food webs, they usually occupy the top position. Parasites can function like keystone species, reducing the dominance of ... (more...)
Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links
IDEA AND PERSPECTIVE Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links OnlineOpen: This article is available free online at www.blackwell-synergy.com KevinD. (more...)
Parasites and Food Webs | NCEAS
Principal Investigator: Kevin Lafferty . A children's book on ecology introduces food webs by revealing that lions eat zebras and zebras eat grass. (more...)
Parasites, the Thread of Food Webs?
A monthly newsletter covering coastal and marine science in the U.S. Geological Survey. ... Above: UCSB undergraduate Sayward Halling investigates trematode parasites emerging from ... (more...)
Study shows that parasites form the thread of food webs
Scientists have discovered that parasites are surprisingly important in food webs, and their findings appear in a report published this week in the Proceedings of the National ... (more...)
Parasites vital to food webs | COSMOS magazine
SANTA BARBARA, 17 July 2006 - Parasites have been found to be surprisingly important in food webs, and may hold together the structure of ecological communities. (more...)