Facing multiple enemies: Parasitised hosts respond to predator kairomones

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 344-349

  Lass, Sandra ^a,c   Bittner, Kerstin ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caullerya; Daphnia; Fish; Inducible defence; Life history

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KAIROMONE; LIFE HISTORY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

CAULLERYA; CAULLERYA MESNILI; CLADOCERA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA GALEATA; LEUCISCUS IDUS;

EID: 0036928045     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0982-9     Document Type: Article

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