Partitioning the Aggregation of Parasites on Hosts into Intrinsic and Extrinsic Components via an Extended Poisson-Gamma Mixture Model

Justin M. Calabrese; Jesse L. Brunner; Richard S. Ostfeld

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029215

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Partitioning the Aggregation of Parasites on Hosts into Intrinsic and Extrinsic Components via an Extended Poisson-Gamma Mixture Model

Justin M. Calabrese ,

* E-mail: CalabreseJ@si.edu

Affiliations Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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Jesse L. Brunner,

Affiliations Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America
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Richard S. Ostfeld

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America
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Partitioning the Aggregation of Parasites on Hosts into Intrinsic and Extrinsic Components via an Extended Poisson-Gamma Mixture Model

Justin M. Calabrese,
Jesse L. Brunner,
Richard S. Ostfeld

Published: December 22, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029215

About the Authors

Justin M. Calabrese

* E-mail: CalabreseJ@si.edu

Affiliations Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

Jesse L. Brunner

Affiliations Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

Richard S. Ostfeld

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLB RSO. Performed the experiments: JLB RSO. Analyzed the data: JMC JLB. Wrote the paper: JMC JLB. Designed models and statistical methods: JMC.

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