Disease as a selective force precluding widespread cannibalism: A case study of an iridovirus of tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-128

  Bolker, Benjamin M ^a   De Castro, Francisco ^a   Storfer, Andrew ^b   Mech, Stephen ^c   Harvey, Erik ^d   Collins, James P ^e  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Cannibalism; Disease; Iridovirus; Selection

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; IRIDOVIRUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 39749170490     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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