The evolution of intermediate castration virulence and ant coexistence in a spatially structured environment

Autoria(s): Szilagyi, Andras; Scheuring, Istvan; Edwards, David P.; Orivel, Jerome; Yu, Douglas W.
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2009
Resumo

Theory suggests that spatial structuring should select for intermediate levels of virulence in parasites, but empirical tests are rare and have never been conducted with castration (sterilizing) parasites. To test this theory in a natural landscape, we co

We thank Felicity Ansell, Roxana Arauco, Arturo Balareso, Simon Mahood and Eors Szathmary for intellectual and logistical support, M. Frederickson for unpublished data and three anonymous referees for insightful suggestions. We received grants from the OT
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http://159.226.149.42:8088/handle/152453/2763

http://www.irgrid.ac.cn/handle/1471x/46885
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The evolution of intermediate castration virulence and ant coexistence in a spatially structured environment
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Szilagyi, Andras; Scheuring, Istvan; Edwards, David P.; Orivel, Jerome; Yu, Douglas W..The evolution of intermediate castration virulence and ant coexistence in a spatially structured environment,12,1306-1316,Cooperation; evolution of virulence; host-pathogen; mutualism; myrmecophyte; parasite; rock-paper-scissors; spatial games; tolerance; trade-off(SCI-E):We thank Felicity Ansell, Roxana Arauco, Arturo Balareso, Simon Mahood and Eors Szathmary for intellectual and logistical support, M. Frederickson for unpublished data and three anonymous referees for insightful suggestions. We received grants from the OT
Palavras-Chave #Ecology #Cooperation #evolution of virulence #host-pathogen #mutualism #myrmecophyte #parasite #rock-paper-scissors #spatial games #tolerance #trade-off
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