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ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2020

Parasite infection disrupts escape behaviours in fish shoals.

Nicolle Demandt, Marit Praetz, Ralf H J M Kurvers, Jens Krause, Joachim Kurtz, Jörn P Scharsack

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Article in Proceedings. Biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nicolle DemandtInstitute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Hüfferstrasse 1, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Marit PraetzInstitute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Hüfferstrasse 1, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Ralf H J M KurversCenter for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Jens KrauseLeibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fishery, Müggelseedamm 310, Berlin, Germany.
Joachim KurtzInstitute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Hüfferstrasse 1, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Jörn P ScharsackInstitute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Hüfferstrasse 1, 48149 Münster, Germany.
University of Münster · DEHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEMax Planck Institute for Human Development · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many prey species have evolved collective responses to avoid predation. They rapidly transfer information about potential predators to trigger and coordinate escape waves. Predation avoidance behaviour is often manipulated by trophically transmitted parasites, to facilitate their transmission to the next host. We hypothesized that the presence of infected, behaviourally altered individuals might disturb the spread of escape waves. We used the tapeworm

Indexed as

AnimalsCestodaCestode InfectionsFish DiseasesFishesHost-Parasite InteractionsParasitesParasitic DiseasesSmegmamorphabehavioural manipulationcommunicationGasterosteus aculeatusgroup behaviourSchistocephalus solidus

Identifiers

PMID33143588
PMCPMC7735259
OpenAlexW3096354040

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