Comparing Host and Parasite Development
Development of both hosts (as determined by hatching and maturation) and parasites (as determined by the presence of visible infections and the speed at which it was observed) were accelerated by higher temperatures. However, this effect was much stronger for the parasite (Figure 3). While the time to visible infection was more than four times longer at 10 oC than the time to maturity, these estimates differed only by factor two at 20 oC.