Seasonality selects for more acutely virulent parasites when virulence is density dependent

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1751, 2013, Pages

  Donnelly, R ^a   Best, A ^b,c   White, A ^a   Boots, M ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependent virulence; Disease; Ecology; Evolution; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SEASONALITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84870434125     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2464     Document Type: Article

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