Comparing mechanisms of host manipulation across host and parasite taxa
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Comparing mechanisms of host manipulation across host and parasite taxa.
Parasites affect host behavior in several ways. They can alter activity, microhabitats or both. For trophically transmitted parasites (the focus of our study), decreased activity might impair the ability of hosts to respond to final-host predators, and increased activity and altered microhabitat choice might increase contact rates between hosts and final-host predators. In an analysis of trophi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.073668