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    Studies on the helminth parasites of Australasian mammals
    BEVERIDGE, IAN ( 1989)
    The papers presented in this thesis constitute a study of the systematic and ecology of some of the helminth parasites of Australasian mammals. Systematics is here understood in its broadest sense. It begins with the description of new species and the redescription of previously described taxa, but proceeds from this basis to a consideration of the systematic status of species or species groups, including their phylogeny, based not only upon the morphological data supplied through the initial taxonomic studies, but also from a study of the life histories of the organisms involved, their ecology and geographic distribution, and finally the effects on their hosts. Examples are provided within the body of the thesis of how this approach, using data from different sources, is applied in elucidating the systematic of a variety of helminth parasites. The particular approach taken with individual species depends upon the current state of knowledge of their biology and the avenues of investigation most likely to lead to significant results. (From Introduction)