Host Cognition and Parasitism in Birds: A Review of the Main Mechanisms

Parasites can have important detrimental effects on host fitness, thereby influencing their ecology and evolution. Hosts can, in turn, exert strong selective pressures on their parasites, affecting eco-evolutionary dynamics. Although the reciprocal pressures that hosts and parasites exert on each ot...

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Main Authors: Simon Ducatez, Louis Lefebvre, Ferran Sayol, Jean-Nicolas Audet, Daniel Sol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00102/full