Sexual transmission of disease and host mating systems: Within-season reproductive success

American Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 485-506

  Thrall, Peter H ^a   Antonovics, Janis ^a   Bever, James D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; MATING SYSTEM; PATHOGEN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VENEREAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030619371     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286001     Document Type: Article

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