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Laurinne J Balstad1, Sandra A Binning2, Meggan E Craft3

  • 1Department of Mathematics and Department of Biology, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 55057, USA.

Ecology
|October 24, 2020
PubMed
Summary

Migration can help individuals escape parasite infections. This study shows that the timing of migration relative to infection, and parasite load, determines when migration evolves as a beneficial strategy.

Keywords:
heterogeneitymathematical modelmatrix population modelmigratory escapepartial migrationpathogen

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