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Immune response impairs learning in free-flying bumble-bees

Parasites can influence different host behaviours including foraging, mate choice and predator avoidance. Several recent papers have shown reduced learning abilities in infected insects. However, it is difficult to separate the effects of the immune response from the direct effects of the parasite....

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Autores principales: Alghamdi, A, Dalton, L, Phillis, A, Rosato, E, Mallon, E.B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2516297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18628116
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0331