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Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals

Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals

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Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals

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Full title

Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals

Publisher

London: The Royal Society

Journal title

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences, 2009-01, Vol.364 (1513), p.37-49

Language

English

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Publisher

London: The Royal Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Plant biologists have long recognized that host defence against parasites and pathogens can be divided into two conceptually different components: the ability to limit parasite burden (resistance) and the ability to limit the harm caused by a given burden (tolerance). Together these two components determine how well a host is protected against the...

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Full title

Decomposing health: tolerance and resistance to parasites in animals

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1098_rstb_2008_0184

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1098_rstb_2008_0184

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ISSN

0962-8436,1471-2970

E-ISSN

1471-2970

DOI

10.1098/rstb.2008.0184

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