Sexually-transmitted disease in a sub-tropical eucalypt beetle: Infection of the fittest?

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-156

  Nahrung, Helen F ^a   Clarke, Anthony R ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Chrysophtharta; Parobia; Podapolipidae

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; MATING SUCCESS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURVIVAL; VIRULENCE;

ACARI; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CHRYSOPHTHARTA; COLEOPTERA; PODAPOLIPIDAE;

EID: 33847293789     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-0018-8     Document Type: Article

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