Water-seeking behavior in insects harboring hairworms: Should the host collaborate?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 656-660

  Biron, David G ^a   Ponton, Fleur ^a   Joly, Cécile ^a   Menigoz, Aurélie ^a   Hanelt, Ben ^b   Thomas, Frédéric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Host collaboration; Host manipulation; Nematomorpha; Orthoptera

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATOMORPHA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 19344375081     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari039     Document Type: Article

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