Why is living fast dangerous? Disentangling the roles of resistance and tolerance of disease

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 172-187

  Cronin, James P ^a   Rúa, Megan A ^a,b   Mitchell, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease resistance; Disease tolerance; Host developmental tempo; Pathogen reservoir; Pathogen transmission; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT VIRUS; POACEAE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT VIRUSES; POACEAE;

EID: 84904813891     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676854     Document Type: Article

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