Ecomorphology and disease: Cryptic effects of parasitism on host habitat use, thermoregulation, and predator avoidance

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 542-548

  Goodman, Brett A ^a,b   Johnson, Pieter T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Malformation; Parasite manipulation; Performance; Physiology; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FROG; HABITAT USE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIMB; MICROHABITAT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; PERCID; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FROGS AND TOADS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; THERMOREGULATION; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE REACTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TREMATODA;

ANURA; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA;

EID: 79955533977     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-0516.1     Document Type: Article

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