Non-random infection across individuals and populations supports that parasites can change morphology within an adaptive radiation

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-142

  Edelaar, P ^a,b   Van Eerde, K ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Directional natural selection; Parasites; Population differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTAGONISM; CONIFEROUS TREE; INFECTIVITY; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; SEED; SURVIVAL;

ACARI; CONIFEROPHYTA; KNEMIDOKOPTES JAMAICENSIS; LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA;

EID: 78751497128     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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