The population dynamical implications of male-biased parasitism in different mating systems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Miller, Martin R ^a   White, Andrew ^b   Wilson, Kenneth ^c   Boots, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MATING SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 39549105797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000624     Document Type: Article

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