Long-term disease dynamics for a specialized parasite of ant societies: A field study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Loreto, Raquel G ^a,b   Elliot, Simon L ^b   Freitas, Mayara L R ^b   Pereira, Thairine M ^b   Hughes, David P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CADAVER; CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; FORAGING; FUNGUS GROWTH; INFECTION RATE; INSECT SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; OPHIOCORDYCEPS CAMPONOTIRUFIPEDIS; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; RAIN FOREST; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ASCOMYCOTA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; NESTING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84929136429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103516     Document Type: Article

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