Disease dynamics in a specialized parasite of ant societies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Andersen, Sandra B ^a   Ferrari, Matthew ^b   Evans, Harry C ^c,d   Elliot, Simon L ^d   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a   Hughes, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FIELD STUDY; FRUITING BODY; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT SOCIETY; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPECIALIZED PARASITE; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOCREALES; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

FORMICIDAE; FUNGI;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYPOCREALES;

EID: 84860490295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036352     Document Type: Article

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