Dissecting the effect of a heterogeneous environment on the interaction between host and parasite fitness traits

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 499-508

  Allen, Desiree E ^a   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Daphnia; Genotype by environment interaction; Pathogen; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BACTERIAL DISEASE; COEVOLUTION; CRUSTACEAN; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

EID: 79951945582     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9413-2     Document Type: Article

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