Host mortality, predation and the evolution of parasite virulence

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 310-315

  Choo, Karen ^a   Williams, Paul D ^a   Day, Troy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Food web; Indirect effects; Infection; Pathogen; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; PARASITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037397105     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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