The parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita defends its slug host from being predated or scavenged by manipulating host spatial behaviour

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 416-420

  Pechova, Hana ^a   Foltan, Pavel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b I2LResearch Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Deroceras; Manipulation; Nematode; Phasmarhabditis; Slug; UV fluorescent

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; INSECTICIDE; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PREDATION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SLUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; GASTROPODA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RHABDITOIDEA; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEROCERAS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PHASMARHABDITIS; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA;

EID: 43149086355     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.02.011     Document Type: Article

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