Selective predation and productivity jointly drive complex behavior in host-parasite systems

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-81

  Hall, Spencer R ^a   Duffy, Meghan A ^b   Cáceres, Carla E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Catastrophes; Host parasite interactions; Invasion; Persistence; Selective predation

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITES; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 13444306423     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426601     Document Type: Article

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