Extended Phenotype: Nematodes Turn Ants into Bird-Dispersed Fruits

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Hughes, D P ^a   Kronauer, D J C ^a   Boomsma, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANT; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; NEMATODA; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; FORMICIDAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 41449112450     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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