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Host Relationships at Reversed Generation Times: Margaritifera (Bivalvia) and Salmonids

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Vertical Food Web Interactions

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 130))

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Generation time is supposed to be an important factor for the evolution of host-parasite relationships. The shorter an organism’s generation time, the faster its potential rate of evolution. Thus, short-lived hosts (the generation time is equal to or only slightly longer than that of the parasite) can be thought as being involved in an arms race where new host defences select for new parasite offences and vice versa. On the other hand, long-lived hosts are unlikely to match the faster evolving attack possibilities of parasites. Therefore the evolution of “covenants” may account for the continued persistence of such host-parasite systems (Freeland 1986).

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie II, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Konrad Dettner

  2. Institut für Biologie I, Universität Freiburg, Hauptstraße 1, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany

    Gerhard Bauer

  3. Lehrstuhl für Tierökologie I, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, D-95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Wolfgang Völkl

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Bauer, G. (1997). Host Relationships at Reversed Generation Times: Margaritifera (Bivalvia) and Salmonids. In: Dettner, K., Bauer, G., Völkl, W. (eds) Vertical Food Web Interactions. Ecological Studies, vol 130. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60725-7_5

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