The Population Dynamical Implications of Male-Biased Parasitism in Different Mating Systems

Martin R. Miller; Andrew White; Kenneth Wilson; Michael Boots

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000624

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The Population Dynamical Implications of Male-Biased Parasitism in Different Mating Systems

Martin R. Miller ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.r.miller@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Andrew White,

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Kenneth Wilson,

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Michael Boots

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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The Population Dynamical Implications of Male-Biased Parasitism in Different Mating Systems

Martin R. Miller,
Andrew White,
Kenneth Wilson,
Michael Boots

Published: July 18, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000624

About the Authors

Martin R. Miller

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.r.miller@sheffield.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Andrew White

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and the Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland

Kenneth Wilson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

Michael Boots

Affiliation Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MM. Wrote the paper: MB MM AW KW. Other: Conceived and designed the model: MB AW MM. Interpretation of the results: KW MB AW MM. Performed the computer simulations: MM AW.

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