Host availability and the evolution of parasite life-history strategies

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 675-684

  Crossan, Jenny ^a   Paterson, Steve ^a   Fenton, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parasite diversity; Selection experiment; Stochasticity; Trade off; Transmission strategy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HOST; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCHASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INHERITANCE; LONGEVITY; MOTH; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; RHABDITIDA;

NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 34247527884     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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