Do three-spined sticklebacks avoid consuming copepods, the first intermediate host of Schistocephalus solidus? - An experimental analysis of behavioural resistance

Parasitology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-383

  Wedekind, C ^a   Milinski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioural changes; Copepod; Gasterosteus aculeatus; Optimal diet; Population; Predation risk; Schistocephalus solidus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; DAPHNIA; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; SCHISTOCEPHALUS SOLIDUS;

EID: 0029966634     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066609     Document Type: Article

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