Competition and Facilitation between a Disease and a Predator in a Stunted Prey Population.

The role of diseases and parasites has received relatively little attention in modelling ecological dynamics despite mounting evidence of their importance in structuring communities. In contrast to predators, parasites do not necessarily kill their host but instead they may change host life history....

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Main Authors: Maarten C Boerlijst, André M de Roos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4492505?pdf=render