Impact of habitat loss on the diversity and structure of ecological networks between oxyurid nematodes and spur-thighed tortoises (Testudo graeca L.)

Habitat loss and fragmentation are recognized as affecting the nature of biotic interactions, although we still know little about such changes for reptilian herbivores and their hindgut nematodes, in which endosymbiont interactions could range from mutualistic to commensal and parasitic. We investig...

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Main Authors: Julieta Benítez-Malvido, Andrés Giménez, Eva Graciá, Roberto Carlos Rodríguez-Caro, Rocío Ruiz De Ybáñez, Héctor Hugo Siliceo-Cantero, Anna Traveset
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-12-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8076.pdf