Epidemiological, evolutionary, and coevolutionary implications of context-dependent parasitism

American Naturalist

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-521

  Vale, Pedro F ^a   Wilson, Alastair J ^a   Best, Alex ^b   Boots, Mike ^b   Little, Tom J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Context dependent; Parasitism; Tolerance; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIAL DISEASE; COEVOLUTION; CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITISM; POPULATION GROWTH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC FITNESS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASTEURIA;

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

EID: 79953002941     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/659002     Document Type: Article

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