Host-parasite coexistence: The role of spatial refuges in stabilizing bacteria-phage interactions

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 348-377

  Schrag, S J ^a   Mittler, J E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

COEXISTENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

EID: 0029662733     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285929     Document Type: Article

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