Parasite-infected sticklebacks increase the risk-taking behaviour of uninfected group members
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0956
Abstract: Trophically transmitted parasites frequently increase their hosts' risk-taking behaviour, to facilitate transmission to the next host. Whether such elevated risk-taking can spill over to uninfected group members is, however, unknown. To investigate this, we confronted… read more here.
Keywords: risk; taking behaviour; uninfected group; risk taking ... See more keywords