The curse of the Pharaoh revisited: Evolutionary bi-stability in environmentally transmitted pathogens

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 569-575

  Roche, Benjamin ^a,b   Drake, John M ^c   Rohani, Pejman ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptative dynamics; Curse of the pharaoh; Environmental transmission; Evolutionary bi stability

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 79955955444     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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