Mussel memory: can bivalves learn to fear parasites?

Fear plays a crucial role in predator–prey interactions and can have cascading impacts on the structure of whole ecosystems. Comparable fear effects have recently been described for hosts and their parasites but our understanding of the underlying mechanisms remains limited by the lack of empirical...

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Main Authors: Christian Selbach, Loïc Marchant, Kim N. Mouritsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2022-01-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211774