Manipulation of host behaviour by parasites: A weakening paradigm?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1445, 2000, Pages 787-792

  Poulin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Effect size; Host manipulation; Meta analysis; Publication bias

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING;

EID: 0034701560     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1072     Document Type: Article

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