Behavioral competence: How host behaviors can interact to influence parasite transmission risk

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-40

  Barron, D G ^c   Gervasi, S S ^a   Pruitt, J N ^b   Martin, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

EID: 84940375381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.08.002     Document Type: Review

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