Parasite species richness in carnivores: effects of host body mass, latitude, geographical range and population density

  1. Patrik Lindenfors1,†,*,
  2. Charles L. Nunn2,3,
  3. Kate E. Jones4,
  4. Andrew A. Cunningham4,
  5. Wes Sechrest5,6,
  6. John L. Gittleman7

Article first published online: 19 FEB 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00301.x

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Global Ecology and Biogeography

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volume 16, Issue 4, pages 496–509, July 2007

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Lindenfors, P., Nunn, C. L., Jones, K. E., Cunningham, A. A., Sechrest, W. and Gittleman, J. L. (2007), Parasite species richness in carnivores: effects of host body mass, latitude, geographical range and population density. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16: 496–509. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00301.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden, E-mail: Patrik.Lindenfors@zoologi.su.se,

  2. 2

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, E-mail: nunn@eva.mpg.de,

  3. 3

    Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140, USA,

  4. 4

    Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, UK, E-mail: Kate.Jones@ioz.ac.uk, A.Cunningham@ioz.ac.uk,

  5. 5

    IUCN — The World Conservation Union, IUCN/SSC-CI/CABS Biodiversity Assessment Unit, c/o Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, Conservation International, Washington, DC 20036, USA, E-mail: wes.sechrest@iucn.org,

  6. 6

    Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123, USA and

  7. 7

    Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30605, USA, E-mail: jlg@uga.edu

  1. †

    Temporary address: P.O. Box 19423, 202 KNH, Nairobi, Kenya.

* *Correspondence: Patrik Lindenfors, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail: Patrik.Lindenfors@zoologi.su.se

  • †

    Temporary address: P.O. Box 19423, 202 KNH, Nairobi, Kenya.

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  1. Issue published online: 8 JUN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 19 FEB 2007

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Appendix S1. Parasite species richness of different parasite types – multivariate analyses with forced inclusion of the number of citations and average body mass. Appendix S2. Parasite species richness of parasites differing in transmission mode – multivariate analyses with forced inclusion of the number of citations and average body mass. Appendix S3. Parasite species richness of generalist and specialist parasites – multivariate analyses with forced inclusion of the number of citations and average body mass.

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