Disease ecology meets ecological immunology: Understanding the links between organismal immunity and infection dynamics in natural populations

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-60

  Hawley, Dana M ^a   Altizer, Sonia M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Defense; Immune defence; Seasonality; Sickness behaviour; Superspreader; Within host dynamics

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; LOGISTICS; SEASONALITY; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 78751696665     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01753.x     Document Type: Article

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