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Parasite Aggregation Patterns

Parasite Aggregation Patterns is a statistical phenomenon in parasitology characterized by the non-uniform distribution of parasites among hosts, where the majority of hosts harbor few or no parasites while a minority of hosts carry a disproportionately large number of parasites.

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2017–2026

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The disparity between observed and uniform distributions: A new look at parasite aggregation

Robert Poulin · International Journal for Parasitology · 1993 · 329 citations

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Explaining variability in parasite aggregation levels among host samples

Robert Poulin · Parasitology · 2013 · 173 citations

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Density-Dependent Parasitism and the Evolution of Aggregated Nesting in the Solitary Hymenoptera

Jay A. Rosenheim · Annals of the Entomological Society of America · 1990 · 103 citations

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Quantification of parasite aggregation: A simulation study

Richard D. Gregory, Mark Woolhouse · Acta Tropica · 1993 · 103 citations

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Consequences of helminth aggregation for the dynamics of schistosomiasis

David J. Bradley, Robert M. May · Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 1978 · 83 citations

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Authors

161

  1. RP
    Robert Poulin

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    6 publications · 646 citations

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  2. PT
    Pieter T. J. Johnson

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    4 publications · 122 citations

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  3. SM
    Sergé Morand

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 165 citations

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  4. MW
    M. Wilber

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 111 citations

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  5. RM
    R. McVinish

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    3 publications · 117 citations

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Institutions

92

  1. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    644 citations

  2. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    144 citations

  3. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    391 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    105 citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    390 citations

  6. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    104 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    178 citations

  8. Université de Perpignan

    Perpignan, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    64 citations

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  1. Parasitology

    10 publications · 485 citations

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  2. International Journal for Parasitology

    7 publications · 496 citations

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  3. Journal of Parasitology

    3 publications · 121 citations

    3

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  4. Ecology

    3 publications · 150 citations

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  5. Journal of Animal Ecology

    3 publications · 122 citations

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