Does behavioural flexibility facilitate host switching by parasites?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-586

  Bush, Sarah E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Doves; Harrison's rule; Host specificity; Ischnocera; Lice; Phthiraptera; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BODY SIZE; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOUSE; MICROHABITAT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

CAMPANULOTES BIDENTATUS COMPAR; COLUMBA; COLUMBICOLA COLUMBAE; COLUMBIFORMES; ISCHNOCERA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; PHYSCONELLOIDES EURYSEMA;

EID: 66149177947     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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