Parasite Manipulation of Host Behavior: An Update and Frequently Asked Questions

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue C, 2010, Pages 151-186

  Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptiveness; Behavioral syndrome; Costs; Life cycles; Neurobiology; Phenotypic alteration; Proteomics; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013655671     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(10)41005-0     Document Type: Chapter

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