Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8495
Title: How to measure ecological host specificity
Contributor(s): Rohde, Klaus  (author); Rohde, PP (author)
Publication Date: 2008
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8495
Open Access Link: https://wwwphp.obs-banyuls.fr/Viemilieu/index.php/volume-58-2008/58-issue-2/582-article-4.htmlOpen Access Link
Abstract: Rohde's original host specificity index and the modified index correcting for number of host species are discussed, using some arbitrary examples. The indices can be applied to address ecological questions involving parasites, herbivores, symbionts and commensals, where phylogenetic relationships of hosts are irrelevant.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Vie et Milieu: Life and Environment, 58(2), p. 121-124
Publisher: Universite de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie), Laboratoire Arago
Place of Publication: France
ISSN: 0240-8759
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 060899 Zoology not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970105 Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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