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Density-dependent Aggregation

Density-Dependent Aggregation is a ecological phenomenon in parasite distribution wherein the degree of host heterogeneity in infection intensity increases with overall parasite density, distinguishing it from density-independent patterns by its reliance on host-parasite interaction dynamics that scale with population abundance.

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Theory for Biological Control: Recent Developments

William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs · Ecology · 1996 · 286 citations

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Aggregation of Risk: Relationships Among Host-Parasitoid Models

Peter Chesson, William W. Murdoch · The American Naturalist · 1986 · 270 citations

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The Negative Binomial as a Dynamic Ecological Model for Aggregation, and the Density Dependence of k

L. R. Taylor, I. P. Woiwod, J. N. Perry · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1979 · 220 citations

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Aggregation and the Coexistence of Mycophagous Drosophila

John Jaenike, Avis C. James · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1991 · 122 citations · Full text

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A Quantitative Measure of Aggregation in Insects1

William E. Waters · Journal of Economic Entomology · 1959 · 119 citations

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Authors

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  1. WW
    William W. Murdoch

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    3 publications · 661 citations

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  2. JJ
    John Jaenike

    University of Rochester, United States

    2 publications · 161 citations

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  3. PC
    Peter Chesson

    University of Arizona, United States

    2 publications · 283 citations

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  4. JD
    John D. Reeve

    Southern Illinois University Carbondale, United States

    2 publications · 118 citations

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  5. HC
    H. C. J. Godfray

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 184 citations

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Institutions

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  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    579 citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    93 citations

  4. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    500 citations

  5. Flinders University

    Adelaide, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  6. Centro Universitário Una

    Betim, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  7. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    48 citations

  8. Sea Turtle Conservancy

    Gainesville, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

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  1. Journal of Animal Ecology

    7 publications · 657 citations

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  2. The American Naturalist

    AN · 6 publications · 640 citations

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  3. Oikos

    5 publications · 150 citations

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  4. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 3 publications · 108 citations

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  5. Parasitology

    3 publications · 206 citations

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