Epidemiology of a Daphnia brood parasite and its implications on host life-history traits

Oecologia

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 369-375

  Tellenbach, Christoph ^a,b   Wolinska, Justyna ^a,c   Spaak, Piet ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daphnia; Density dependence; Increased susceptibility; Infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BROOD PARASITISM; CRUSTACEAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAPHNIA; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OOMYCETES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SWITZERLAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OOMYCETES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWITZERLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 35949004403     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0826-8     Document Type: Article

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