Patterns of host-parasite adaptation in three populations of monarch butterflies infected with a naturally occurring protozoan disease: Virulence, resistance, and tolerance

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Sternberg, Eleanore D ^a,b   Li, Hui ^a   Wang, Rebecca ^a   Gowler, Camden ^a   de Roode, Jacobus C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arms race dynamics; Local adaptation; Negative frequency dependent selection; Ophryocystis elektroscirrha; Resistance; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BUTTERFLY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; SELECTION; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIRULENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84887534972     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673442     Document Type: Article

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