Group selection on population size affects life-history patterns in the entomopathogenic nematode steinernema carpocapsae

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1301-1311

  Bashey, Farrah ^a   Lively, Curtis M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Group selection; Host parasite interaction; Levels of selection; Population density; Propagule size; Steinernema carpocapsae; Timing of reproduction; Trade off; Virulence; Xenorhabdus nematophila

Indexed keywords

ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NEMATODE; POPULATION SIZE; SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MOTH; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GENETICS; SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOTHS; NEMATODA; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SYMBIOSIS; XENORHABDUS;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA CARPOCAPSAE; XENORHABDUS NEMATOPHILA;

EID: 64749098032     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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