Bird and amphipod parasites illustrate a gradient from adaptation to exaptation in complex life cycle

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-270

  Beisel, J N ^a   Medoc V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; adaptation; exaptation; host manipulation; parasite; transmission strategy

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL SELECTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROBABILITY;

AVES; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS ROESELI; POLYMORPHUS MINUTUS;

EID: 78650109946     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2010.502321     Document Type: Article

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