Ferris, C. and Best, A. (2018). The evolution of host defence to parasitism in fluctuating environments. J. Theor. Biol., 440:58-65.
Best, A., Ashby, B., White, A., Bowers, R., Buckling, A., Koskella, B and Boots, M. (2017). Host-parasite fluctuating selection in the absence of specificity. Proc. R. Soc. B., 284:20171615.
Best, A., White, A. and Boots, M. (2017). The evolution of host defence when parasites impact reproduction. Evol. Ecol. Res., 18.
Toor, J. and Best, A. (2016). The evolution of host defence against two enemies. Am. Nat., 187:308-319.
Hesse, E., Best, A., Boots, M., Hall, A. and Buckling, A. (2015). Spatial heterogeneity lowers rather than increases diversity by reducing host-parasite specialisation. J. Evol. Biol., 28:1682-1690.
Best A., Bowers, R, and White, A. (2015). Evolution, the loss of diversity and the role of trade-offs. Math. Biosci., 264:86-93.
Westra, E., van Houte, S., Oyesiku-Blakemore, S., Makin, B., Broniewski, J. Best, A., Bondy-Deonmy, J., Davidson, A., Boots, M. and Buckling, A. (2015). Parasite exposure drives selective evolution of constitutive versus inducible defense. Curr. Biol., 25:1043-1049.
Toor, J. and Best A. (2015). The evolution of host resistance to disease in the presence of predators. J. Theor. Biol., 365:104-111.
Lopez-Pascua, L., Hall, A. R., Best, A., Morgan, A. D., Boots, M. and Buckling, A. (2014). Higher resources decrease fluctuating selection during host-parasite coevolution. Ecology Letters.
Boots, M., White, A, Best, A. and
Bowers, R. (2014). How specificity and epidemiology drive the coevolution of
static trait diversity in hosts and parasites. Evolution, 68:1594-1606
Best A., White, A, and Boots, M. (2014). The
coevolutionary implications of host tolerance. Evolution. 68:1426-1435
Best A. and Hoyle, A. (2013). A limited host immune
range facilitates the creation and maintenance of diversity in parasite
virulence. Interface Focus,
3:20130024.
Best A. (2013). The effects of seasonal forcing on invertebrate-disease interactions with immune priming. Bull. Math. Biol. 75:2241-2256.
Best A. and Hoyle, A. (2013). The evolution of costly acquired immunity. Ecol. Evol., 3:2223-2232.
Best, A., Tidbury, H., White, A. and Boots, M. (2013).
The evolutionary dynamics of within-generation immune priming in invertebrate hosts.J. Roy. Soc. Interface, 10:20120887
Donnelly, R., Best, A., White, A. and Boots, M. (2012).
Seasonality selects for more acutely virulent parasites when virulence is density dependent.Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 280:20122464
Hoyle, A., Best A. and Bowers, R. (2012).
The evolution of host resistance towards pathogen exclusion: the role of predators.Evol. Ecol. Res., 14:125-146
Morozov, A. and Best A. (2012).
Predation on infected hosts promotes evolutionary branching of virulence and pathogen biodiversity.J. Theor. Biol., 307:29-36
Boots, M., White, A., Best, A., and Bowers, R. (2012).
Diversity in host resistance: the importance of who infects whom.Ecol. Lett., 15:1104-1111
Tidbury, H., Best, A. and Boots, M. (2012).
The epidemiological consequences of immune priming.Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 279:4505-4512
Best A., Long, G., White, A. and Boots, M. (2012).
The implications of immunopathology for parasite evolution.Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 279:3234-3240
Best, A., Webb, S., Antonovics, J. and Boots, M. (2012).
The implications of local frequency- and density-dependent transmission to infectious disease dynamics and host extinctions.Theor. Ecol.,5:211-217
Best, A., Webb, S., White, A. and Boots, M. (2011).
Host resistance and coevolution in spatially structured populations.Proc. Roy. Soc. B, 278:2216-2222.
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Vale, P., Best, A., Wilson, A., Boots, M. and Little, T. (2011).
Epidemiological, evolutionary and coevolutionary implications of context-dependent parasitism.Am. Nat. , 177:510-521.
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Best, A., White, A., Kisdi, E., Antonovics, J., Brockhurst, M. and Boots, M. (2010).
The evolution of host-parasite range.Am. Nat., 176:63-71
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Best, A., White, A. and Boots, M. (2010).
Resistance is futile but tolerance can explain why parasites do not always castrate their hosts.Evolution, 64:348-357.
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Best, A., White, A. and Boots, M. (2009).
The implications of coevolutionary dynamics to host-parasite interactions. Am. Nat., 173:779-791
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Boots, M., Best, A., Miller, M. and White, A. (2009).
The role of ecological feedbacks in the evolution of host defence: what does theory tell us? Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 364:27-36
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Best, A., White, A. and Boots, M. (2008).
The maintenance of host variation in tolerance to pathogens and parasites. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 105:20786-20791.
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Travis, J., M端nkem端ller, T., Burton, O., Best, A., Dytham, C.
and Johst, K. (2007).
Deleterious mutations can surf to high densities on the wave front of an expanding population.Mol. Biol. Evol., 24:2334-2343.
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Best, A., Johst, K., M端nkem端ller, T. and Travis, J. (2007).
Which species will successfully track climate change? The influence of intraspecific competition
and density dependent dispersal on range shifting dynamics.Oikos, 116:1531-1539.
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