Parasite-induced surfacing in the cockle Austrovenus stuchburyi: Adaptation or not?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Tompkins, D M ^a   Mouritsen, K N ^a   Poulin, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Complex life cycle; Curtuteria australis; Extended phenotype; Oystercatcher; Parasite manipulation; Simulation model; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLLUSC; PARASITE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHINOSTOMA; GENETIC SELECTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AUSTROVENUS; BIVALVIA; ECHINOSTOMA; MOLLUSCA; TREMATODA; VENERIDAE;

EID: 1542319081     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2003.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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