Optimal time to patency in parasitic nematodes: Host mortality matters

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-190

  Morand, Serge ^a   Poulin, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Host mortality; Life history; Mammals; Maturation time; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; SURVIVORSHIP;

EID: 0034072457     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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