Figure 1

Graphical results for the exponential and linear cases. Circles: R = 1/K. Squares: R = 1. The top row gives the evolutionarily stable number of spores produced during the within-host growth phase, N*. The middle row gives the total number of spores produced by all coinfections in a host at the parasite's ESS, which is equal to the produce of the number of coinfections, K, and the equilibrium number of spores produced by each infection, N*. The bottom row gives the per propagule probability of successful spore formation and release from the host, T*.