Sex-Specific Differences in Shoaling Affect Parasite Transmission in Guppies

BACKGROUND: Individuals have to trade-off the costs and benefits of group membership during shoaling behaviour. Shoaling can increase the risk of parasite transmission, but this cost has rarely been quantified experimentally. Guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are a model system for behavioural studies,...

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Autores principales: Richards, E. Loys, van Oosterhout, Cock, Cable, Joanne
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2952601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20949014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013285

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2952601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20949014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0013285

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