The ecological significance of manipulative parasites

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Lefèvre, Thierry ^a   Lebarbenchon, Camille ^a,b   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^b   Missé, Dorothée ^a   Poulin, Robert ^c   Thomas, Frédéric ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HOST; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 57749199920     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.08.007     Document Type: Review

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