Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hughes, William O H ^a,c   Petersen, Klaus S ^a   Ugelvig, Line V ^a   Pedersen, Dorthe ^a   Thomsen, Lene ^b   Poulsen, Michael ^a   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMYRMEX; ACROMYRMEX ECHINATIOR; ATTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ANISOPLIAE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ASCOMYCETES; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ASCOMYCOTA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY;

EID: 10644243659     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-45     Document Type: Article

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