Synchronous attack is advantageous: Mixed genotype infections lead to higher infection success in trematode parasites

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1726, 2011, Pages 171-176

  Karvonen, Anssi ^a,b   Rellstab, Christian ^a   Louhi, Katja Riikka ^a,c   Jokela, Jukka ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competition; Complex life cycle; Facilitation; Host parasite interaction; Multiple genotype infection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIMITING FACTOR; PARASITIC DISEASE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SNAIL;

EID: 81855224764     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0879     Document Type: Article

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