The parasite-induced surfacing behaviour in the cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi: A test of an alternative hypothesis and identification of potential mechanisms

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 521-528

  Mouritsen, Kim N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Austrovenus stutchburyi; Behavioural manipulation; Curtuteria australis; Infection rate; Manipulative mechanism; Site selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTROVENUS STUTCHBURYI; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BIRD; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURTUTERIA AUSTRALIS; ECHINOSTOMA; FOOT DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INFECTION RATE; LARVA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; FOOT; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MOLLUSCA;

ANIMALIA; AUSTROVENUS; AVES; BIVALVIA; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036098273     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002001427     Document Type: Article

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