Modification of hosts' behavior by a parasite: Field evidence for adaptive manipulation

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2839-2847

  Lagrue, Clément ^a,b   Kaldonski, Nicolas ^a   Perrot Minnot, Marie J ^a   Motreuil, Sébastien ^a   Bollache, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive manipulation; Behavioral modifications; Complex life cycles; Pomphorhynchus laevis; Trophic transmission

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIPOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FROG; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PREDATION RISK; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AMPHIPODA; ANURA; COTTUS GOBIO; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS PULEX; GAMMARUS ROESELI; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; RANA ESCULENTA;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ADAPTATION; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38449123099     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2105.1     Document Type: Article

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