Specific manipulation or systemic impairment? Behavioural changes of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) infected with the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-017-2265-9
Abstract: Manipulation of host behaviour by parasites to enhance transmission to the next host is a fascinating yet controversial phenomenon. This is because it is often hard to discriminate specific manipulation from unspecific side effects of… read more here.
Keywords: specific manipulation; systemic impairment; infected sticklebacks; behaviour ... See more keywords