Selective predation and rapid evolution can jointly dampen effects of virulent parasites on Daphnia populations

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-510

  Duffy, Meghan A ^a,b,d   Hall, Spencer R ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic dynamics; Evolutionary epidemiology; Infectious diseases; Parasite mediated selection; Pathogens; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRULENCE; YEAST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DAPHNIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METSCHNIKOWIA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; METSCHNIKOWIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SELECTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA DENTIFERA; INVERTEBRATA; METSCHNIKOWIA BICUSPIDATA;

EID: 40949088243     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528998     Document Type: Article

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