Local host competition in the evolution of virulence

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1268-1274

  Lively, C M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kin selection; Scale of competition; Tragedy of the commons; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVORSHIP; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; VIRULENCE;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 66149096650     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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