Male amphipods increase their mating effort before behavioural manipulation by trematodes

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 606-612

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

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PARASITE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

CALIDRIS PUSILLA; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; GYNAECOTYLA ADUNCA;

EID: 0033923428     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-229     Document Type: Article

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