Life history and mating systems select for male biased parasitism mediated through natural selection and ecological feedbacks

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-137

  Bacelar, Flora S ^a   White, Andrew ^b   Boots, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive dynamics; Evolution of disease resistance; Life history evolution; Male biased parasitism

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PARASITES; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 77958591086     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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