The role of ecological feedbacks in the evolution of host defence: What does theory tell us?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1513, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Boots, Michael ^a   Best, Alex ^a   Miller, Martin R ^b   White, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defence; Evolution; Parasites; Resistance; Theory; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GAME THEORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAME; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GAME THEORY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL;

EID: 58249093029     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0160     Document Type: Article

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