Parasite heterogeneity affects infection success and the occurrence of within-host competition: An experimental study with a cestode

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1031-1043

  Wedekind, Claus ^a,b   Rüetschi, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic co evolution; Copepod; Frequency dependent selection; Lottery model; Schistocephalus solidus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000474589     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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