Inference of parasite-induced host mortality from distributions of parasite loads

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2203-2211

  Rousset, François ^a   Thomas, Frédéric ^b   De Meeûs, Thierry ^b   Renaud, François ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Host mortality; Parasitism; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; PARASITE;

EID: 0030441383     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265713     Document Type: Article

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