The evolution of intermediate castration virulence and ant coexistence in a spatially structured environment

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1306-1316

  Szilágyi, András ^a   Scheuring, István ^a   Edwards, David P ^b   Orivel, Jerome ^c   Yu, Douglas W ^b,d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^d KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Evolution of virulence; Host pathogen; Mutualism; Myrmecophyte; Parasite; Rock paper scissors; Spatial games; Tolerance; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANT; CASTRATION; FECUNDITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORALITY; MYRMECOPHYTE; SYMBIOSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE-OFF; VIRULENCE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORDIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CORDIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERU; POPULATION DENSITY; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ALLOMERUS; AZTECA; CORDIA; CORDIA NODOSA;

EID: 70449365369     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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