Parasite-induced trophic facilitation exploited by a non-host predator: A manipulator's nightmare

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1043-1050

  Mouritsen, Kim N ^a,b   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Echinostomatidae; Host manipulation; Intertidal bivalve; Intramolluscan metacercariae; Parasitism; Partial predation; Transmission success

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; PREDATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURTUTERIA AUSTRALIS; FISH; FOWL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREMATODE;

AUSTROVENUS; AVES; BIVALVIA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; LABRIDAE; NOTOLABRUS; NOTOLABRUS CELIDOTUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0142124308     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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