Document of bibliographic reference 287784

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Journal article

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Title

How to catch a parasite: Parasite Niche Modeler (PaNic) meets Fishbase

Abstract

Parasite Niche Modeler (PaNic) is a free online software tool that suggests potential hosts for fish parasites. For a particular parasite species from the major helminth groups (Acanthocephala, Cestoda, Monogenea, Nematoda, Trematoda), PaNic takes data from known hosts (maximum body length, growth rate, life span, age at first maturity, trophic level, phylogeny, and biogeography) and hypothesizes similar fish species that might serve as hosts to that parasite. Users can give varying weights to host attributes and create custom models. In addition to suggesting plausible hosts (with varying degrees of confidence), the models indicate known host species that appear to be outliers in comparison to other known hosts. These unique features make PaNic an innovative tool for addressing both theoretical and applied questions in fish parasitology.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000304765800001

Bibliographic citation

Strona, G.; Lafferty, K.D. (2012). How to catch a parasite: Parasite Niche Modeler (PaNic) meets Fishbase. Ecography 35(6): 481-486. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07439.x

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open access

Is accessible for free

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