Ecology and evolution of pathogens in natural populations of Lepidoptera

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 231-247

  Myers, Judith H ^a   Cory, Jenny S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease ecology; Disease transmission; Forest Lepidoptera; Insect pathogens; Migration; Population regulation; Tritrophic interactions; Virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954453809     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12328     Document Type: Review

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