Defensive symbiosis in the real world - advancing ecological studies of heritable, protective bacteria in aphids and beyond

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 341-355

  Oliver, Kerry M ^a   Smith, Andrew H ^b   Russell, Jacob A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid parasitoid; Balancing selection; Ecological immunity; Endosymbiont; Host parasite; Microbial diversity; Mutualism; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

APHID; BACTERIUM; COEVOLUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; HERITABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; IMMUNITY; NATURAL ENEMY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS HAMILTONELLA DEFENSA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84896056897     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12133     Document Type: Article

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