▪ Abstract Recent theories regarding the evolution of predator-prey interactions is reviewed.
This includes theory about the dynamics and stability of both populations and traits, as well …

Co-evolution between host and pathogen is, in principle, a powerful determinant of the
biology and genetics of infection and disease. Yet co-evolution has proven difficult to …

Immature development of parasitoid wasps is restricted to resources found in a single host
that is often similar in size to the adult parasitoid. When two or more parasitoids of the same …

Evolutionary ecology has developed along two major conceptual avenues, starting from the
observation that hosts vary in their immune defence against parasites The first avenue …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 635–642 Abstract Host–parasite coevolution is a key driver of
biological diversity and parasite virulence, but its effects depend on the nature of …

We review recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of insect immune
defence, but do so in a framework defined by the ecological and evolutionary forces that …

Host and parasite evolution are closely intertwined, with selection for adaptations and
counter‐adaptations forming a coevolutionary feedback loop. Coevolutionary dynamics are …

In this study we introduce a mechanistic framework for modeling host–parasite coevolution
using a nested modeling approach. The first step in this approach is to construct a …

This paper examines a mathematical model for the coevolution of parasite virulence and
host resistance under a multilocus gene–for–gene interaction. The degrees of parasite …

Many insects are attacked by internal parasitoids against which they mount a largely cellular
immunological defense. The resistance of a host and the virulence of a parasitoid determine …