The evolution of complex life cycles when parasite mortality is size- or time-dependent

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 202-214

  Ball, M A ^a   Parker, G A ^a   Chubb, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Downward incorporation; Growth arrest of larvae; Helminth evolution; Life history strategies; Upward incorporation

Indexed keywords

DEFINITIVE HOST; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; MORTALITY; PARASITE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SIZE EFFECT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HELMINTH; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MATURITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; HELMINTHS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITIC DISEASES; REPRODUCTION;

VERMES;

EID: 44749090815     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.02.025     Document Type: Article

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