The evolutionary dynamics of local infection and global reproduction in host-parasite interactions

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-185

  Boots, Michael ^a,b   Sasaki, Akira ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Host parasite; Insect disease; Lattice model; Moment closures; Self shading; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034072456     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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