Virulence and competitive ability in an obligately killing parasite

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1539-1545

  Bashey, Farrah ^a   Reynolds, Courtney ^a   Sarin, Tara ^a   Young, Sara K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; MUTUALISM; NEMATODE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SYMPATRY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; XENORHABDUS;

EID: 80053077937     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19304.x     Document Type: Article

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