Evolution of trophic transmission in parasites: Why add intermediate hosts?

American Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-181

  Choisy, Marc ^a   Brown, Sam P ^b   Lafferty, Kevin D ^c   Thomas, Frédéric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex life cycle; Dispersal; Life history strategy; Parasites; Predation; Trophic transmission

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; PARASITE; PARASITISM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041475747     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375681     Document Type: Article

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