Loss of migratory behaviour increases infection risk for a butterfly host

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1801, 2015, Pages

  Satterfield, Dara A ^a   Maerz, John C ^a   Altizer, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Infectious disease; Long distance migration; Movement ecology; Neogregarine; Virulence evolution

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRULENCE;

CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ASCLEPIAS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APICOMPLEXA; BUTTERFLY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; MEXICO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921481598     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1734     Document Type: Article

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