The impact of uniform and mixed species blood meals on the fitness of the mosquito vector Anopheles gambiae s.s: Does a specialist pay for diversifying its host species diet?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-460

  Lyimo, I N ^a,b   Keegan, S P ^b   Ranford Cartwright, L C ^b   Ferguson, H M ^b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraints; Host parasite interaction; Insects; Life history evolution; Malaria; Natural selection; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; GENERALIST; HEMOPHAGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NATURAL SELECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DOG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CATTLE; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; AVES; BOVINAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857039526     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02442.x     Document Type: Article

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