Evolution of suicide as a defence strategy against pathogens in a spatially structured environment

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 446-453

  Berngruber, Thomas W ^a   Lion, Sébastien ^a   Gandon, Sylvain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Epidemic feedback; Microbial ecology; Pathogen host interactions; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84931749002     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12064     Document Type: Article

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