Journal article
Disease as a selective force precluding widespread cannibalism: A case study of an iridovirus of tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum
Abstract
Question: Do realistic models predict that infectious disease will select for altered life histories? Specifically, under what conditions can trophic disease transmission influence life-history evolution in tiger salamanders by selecting against cannibalistic morphs? Data: Previous information from laboratory and field studies on Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum populations from the Kaibab Plateau and Mogollon Rim regions of northern Arizona. …
Authors
Bolker BM; De Castro F; Storfer A; Mech S; Harvey E; Collins JP
Journal
Evolutionary Ecology Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 105–128
Publication Date
January 1, 2008
ISSN
1522-0613