Contrasting patterns of phenotype-dependent parasitism within and among populations of threespine stickleback

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 810-825

  Stutz, William E ^a   Lau, On Lee ^b   Bolnick, Daniel I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Student Conservation Association   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gasterosteus aculeatus; Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM); Parasite exposure; Resistance; Schistocephalus solidus; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CANADA; CESTODE; DIOCTOPHYMATOIDEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CESTODA; DIOCTOPHYMATOIDEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PARASITE LOAD; PHENOTYPE; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84900423900     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676005     Document Type: Article

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