Assessment of parasite-mediated selection in a host-parasite system in plants

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1554-1564

  Medel, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cactaceae; Cactus spines; Chile; Coevolution; Deserts; Loranthaceae; Mediterranean ecosystem; Mistletoe; Parasite; Phenotypic selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NATURAL SELECTION; REPRODUCTION;

CACTACEAE; ECHINOPSIS; ECHINOPSIS CHILENSIS; EULYCHNIA ACIDA; LORANTHACEAE; TRISTERIX; TRISTERIX APHYLLUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0033923595     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1554:AOPMSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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