Spatial variation in disease resistance: From molecules to metapopulations

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-112

  Laine, Anna Liisa ^a,b   Burdon, Jeremy J ^a   Dodds, Peter N ^a   Thrall, Peter H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Disease resistance; Epidemiology; Gene for gene; Host parasite interactions; Life history; Major resistance; Metapopulation dynamics; Sympatric

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; METAPOPULATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYMPATRY;

LINUM MARGINALE; MELAMPSORA LINI; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PODOSPHAERA PLANTAGINIS;

EID: 78650344245     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01738.x     Document Type: Review

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