Table 3.
Host/parasite system | Reference | Host mobility | Transmission mode | n | r |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hoofed mammal/arthropod | Ezenwa et al. (2006) | M | D | 64 | −0·32 |
Hoofed mammal/helminth | Ezenwa et al. (2006) | M | I | 64 | −0·33 |
Hoofed mammal/microparasite | Ezenwa et al. (2006) | M | – | 64 | −0·08 |
Primate/protozoan | Freeland (1979) | M | I | 11 | 0·91 |
Birds/cestode | Gregory et al. (1991) | M | I | 86 | −0·1 |
Birds/nematode | Gregory et al. (1991) | M | I | 84 | 0·2 |
Birds/trematode | Gregory et al. (1991) | M | I | 83 | −0·06 |
Teleost fish/metazoan | Luque et al. (2004) | M | – | 8 | 0·0491 |
Cyprinidae/ectoparasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | D | 33 | −0·21 |
Cyprinidae/endoparasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | I | 33 | 0·062 |
Percidae/ectoparasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | D | 10 | −0·174 |
Percidae/endoparasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | I | 10 | 0·77 |
Salmonoid/ectoparasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | D | 17 | 0·455 |
Salmonoid/endoparasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | I | 17 | 0·435 |
Cyprinidae/mobile parasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | M | 33 | −0·106 |
Percidae/mobile parasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | M | 10 | −0·073 |
Salmonoid/mobile parasites | Poulin (1991a) | M | M | 17 | 0·314 |
(Presented here, with number of groups examined (n), the correlation coefficient (r), host mobility (M = mobile), transmission mode (I = indirect, D = direct, M = mobile))