Parasites promote host gene flow in a metapopulation

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 561-575

  Altermatt, Florian ^a,b,c   Hottinger, Jürgen ^a,b,c   Ebert, Dieter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Daphnia magna; Immigration; Local parasite; Metapopulation; Octosporea bayeri

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COEVOLUTION; CRUSTACEAN; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; OCTOSPOREA BAYERI;

EID: 34347343912     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9136-6     Document Type: Article

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