Predation on multiple trophic levels shapes the evolution of pathogen virulence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Friman, Ville Petri ^a,b   Lindstedt, Carita ^a   Hiltunen, Teppo ^a   Laakso, Jouni ^a,b   Mappes, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; LARVA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PARASEMIA PLANTAGINIS; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SURVIVAL RATE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPIDOPTERA; PROTOZOA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 69449104717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006761     Document Type: Article

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