Ecological immunology: Costly parasite defences and trade-offs in evolutionary ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 317-321

  Sheldon, Ben C ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0030456227     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10039-2     Document Type: Review

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