The ecology of virulence

Ecology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1089-1095

  Lively, Curtis M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Host parasite interactions; Population dynamics; Population stability; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33748757297     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2006.00969.x     Document Type: Review

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