Parasite Manipulation of Host Behavior: An Update and Frequently Asked Questions

By Robert Poulin. 2010

485 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Insect Science, Social Psychology

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In Ecology

1. A. Townsend
2. Pieter T. J. Johnson
3. H. Feldhaar

In Insect Science

1. A. Townsend
2. H. Feldhaar

In Social Psychology

1. H. Feldhaar

Citations in the corpus

• Disease Ecology Meets Ecosystem Science (2016, background): “Traitmediated effects can occur when parasites alter host traits due to parasite manipulation, adaptive host responses, or side effects of pathology (Poulin 2010).”
• Bacterial symbionts as mediators of ecologically important traits of insect hosts (2011, background): “Many parasites are known to modify host behaviour in order to enhance their probability of transmission (Poulin, 2010).”
• Host Manipulation by Parasites: Cases, Patterns, and Remaining Doubts (2016, unknown): “…for more than a century, naturalists have been puzzled by “odd,” seemingly pointless or counterproductive behaviors of parasitized animals, which have been described as “Zombie ants,” “lighthouse snails,” or “suicide-committing crickets” (Poulin, 2010; Hughes, 2014; Weinersmith and Faulkes, 2014).”