Drivers of Immune Cost and Implications for Host Protection from Parasites

Among species, populations, and individuals, there exists a tremendous amount of variation in how hosts respond to, and are thus protected from parasites. Such variation inevitably affects host-parasite dynamics and ultimately how parasites will move through and evolve in communities. A likely facto...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brace, Amber Jasmine
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6184
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7380&context=etd