Mark Armitage wrote:
>> Dear All,
> Does anyone have any references on parasites which alter intermediate
> host behavior in order to increase chances of predation upon the
> host?
> Thanks in advance
> Mark Armitage
> Grad Student, APU
SEE THE FOLLOWING:
K.D. Lafferty and A.K. Morris, 1996, Ecology 77:1390-1397
R.D. Adlard and J.G. Lester, 1994, Parasitology 109:311-324
K.D. Lafferty, 1992, Am Nat 140:854-867
G.S. Aeby, 1991, Pacific Science 45:263-269
A.P. Dobson, 1988, Q Rev Biol 63:139-165
J. Moore, 1983, Ecology 64:1000-1015
W.M. Bethel and J.C. Holmes, 1977 Can J of Zool 55:110-116
J.C. Holmes and W.M. Bethel, 1972 Zool J Linnean Soc 51(supp1):123-149
Email me for a reprint of the 1996 paper or for more refs. This is a
subject in which I have been interested for a while. I'm curious - on
what you are working?
Good luck!
-- Kimo
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