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Why join groups? Lessons from parasite-manipulated Artemia.
Ecology letters - 1 Apr 2013
Rode Nicolas O, Lievens Eva J P, Flaven Elodie, Segard Adeline, Jabbour-Zahab Roula, Sanchez Marta I, Lenormand Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Grouping behaviours (e.g. schooling, shoaling and swarming) are commonly explicated through adaptive hypotheses such as protection against predation, access to mates or improved foraging. However, the hypothesis that aggregation can result from manipulation by parasites to increase their transmission has never been demonstrated. We investigated this hypothesis using natural populations of two crustacean hosts...
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