The evolution of virulence: A stochastic simulation model examining parasitism at individual and population levels

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-177

  Leung, Brian ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co infection; Competition; Infectiousness; Myxomatosis; Parasite fitness; Positive frequency dependence; Transmission; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031930478     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006579512133     Document Type: Article

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