Evolutionary biology of host-parasite relationships: Reality meets models

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 423-425

  Cornell, Stephen J ^a   Desdevises, Yves ^b,d   Rigby, Mark C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MODEL; MUTATION; NOTE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 0033231897     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01727-9     Document Type: Short Survey

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