A manipulative parasite increasing an antipredator response decreases its vulnerability to a nonhost predator

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1235-1241

  Médoc, Vincent ^a   Rigaud, Thierry ^b   Bollache, Loic ^b   Beisel, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

antipredator response; behavioural manipulation; Gammarus roeseli; nonhost avoidance; olfactory cue; Polymorphus minutus; refuge usage

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITAT USE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INVERTEBRATE; PARASITE; REFUGE; RIVER;

AMPHIPODA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS ROESELI; POLYMORPHUS MINUTUS;

EID: 64749094086     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.01.029     Document Type: Article

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