Specialized avian Haemosporida trade reduced host breadth for increased prevalence

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2520-2528

  Medeiros, M C I ^a   Ellis, V A ^a   Ricklefs, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemoproteus; Plasmodium; Generalist; Host range; Specialist; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AVIFAUNA; COMPENSATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIALIZATION; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; EVOLUTION; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST RANGE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST SPECIFICITY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925060823     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12514     Document Type: Article

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