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SUBMITTER: Vivas Munoz JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873217 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vivas Muñoz Jenny C JC Feld Christian K CK Hilt Sabine S Manfrin Alessandro A Nachev Milen M Köster Daniel D Jochmann Maik A MA Schmidt Torsten C TC Sures Bernd B Ziková Andrea A Knopf Klaus K
Scientific reports 20210209 1
Intraspecific diet specialization, usually driven by resource availability, competition and predation, is common in natural populations. However, the role of parasites on diet specialization of their hosts has rarely been studied. Eye flukes can impair vision ability of their hosts and have been associated with alterations of fish feeding behavior. Here it was assessed whether European perch (Perca fluviatilis) alter their diet composition as a consequence of infection with eye flukes. Young-of- ...[more]