Evidence that the parasitic nematode Skrjabinoclava manipulates host Corophium behavior to increase transmission to the sandpiper, Calidris pusilla

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-357

  McCurdy, Dean G ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^a   Boates, J Sherman ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Bay of Fundy; Calidris pusilla; Corophium volutator; Host behavior; Nematodes; Parasite manipulation; Sandpipers; Skrjabinoclava morrisoni

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; SURVIVORSHIP;

AMPHIPODA; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; NEMATODA; SCOLOPACIDAE; SKRJABINOCLAVA; SKRJABINOCLAVA MORRISONI;

EID: 0032852225     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.4.351     Document Type: Article

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