Adaptive host responses to infection can resemble parasitic manipulation

Abstract Using a dynamic optimisation model for juvenile fish in stochastic food environments, we investigate optimal hormonal regulation, energy allocation and foraging behaviour of a growing host infected by a parasite that only incurs an energetic cost. We find it optimal for the infected host to...

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Published in:	Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Camilla Håkonsrud Jensen, Jacqueline Weidner, Jarl Giske, Christian Jørgensen, Sigrunn Eliassen, Adèle Mennerat
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-07-01
Subjects:	gigantism hormone strategy host compensation host–parasite coevolution parasite manipulation
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10318