Graveyards on the move: the spatio-temporal distribution of dead ophiocordyceps-infected ants.

Parasites are likely to play an important role in structuring host populations. Many adaptively manipulate host behaviour, so that the extended phenotypes of these parasites and their distributions in space and time are potentially important ecological variables. The fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateral...

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Main Authors: Maj-Britt Pontoppidan, Winanda Himaman, Nigel L Hywel-Jones, Jacobus J Boomsma, David P Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19279680/?tool=EBI