Interactions between sources of mortality and the evolution of parasite virulence

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1483, 2001, Pages 2331-2337

  Williams, P D ^a   Day, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Independence; Interaction; Mortality; Pathogen; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035935692     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1795     Document Type: Article

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