The ecology and evolution of animal medication: Genetically fixed response versus phenotypic plasticity

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Choisy, Marc ^a,b   de Roode, Jacobus C ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral immunity; Disease ecology; Ecological immunology; Phenotypic plasticity; Self medication; Zoopharmacognosy

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; HOST PLANT; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTOZOAN; TOXICITY; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; VIRULENCE;

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ASCLEPIAS; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; ASCLEPIAS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUTTERFLIES; ECOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84905026199     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676928     Document Type: Article

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