Who benefits from reduced reproduction in parasitized hosts? An experimental test using the Pasteuria ramosa-Daphnia magna system

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1910-1915

  Mageroy, Jon H ^a   Grepperud, Eldfrid J ^a   Jensen, Knut Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

adaptation; castration; Daphnia; environment; fitness correlation; host parasite interaction; Pasteuria

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAPHNIA MAGNA; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; DAPHNIA; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PASTEURIA; PASTEURIA RAMOSA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; DAPHNIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PASTEURIA; REPRODUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84865613218     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001302     Document Type: Article

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