Parasites - The new frontier: Celebrating Darwin 200

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-627

  Schmid Hempel, Paul ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecological immunology; Evolution; Parasitism; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; POLYANDRY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 70349270684     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0589     Document Type: Note

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