Pathogen transmission as a selective force against cannibalism

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1255-1261

  Pfennig, D W ^a,b   Ho, S G ^a,c   Hoffman, E A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; FITNESS COST; PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION;

AMBYSTOMA TEXANUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM;

EID: 0032078190     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.9996     Document Type: Article

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