@article{PAR00000193,
  title = {{W}ater-seeking behavior in insects harboring hairworms : should the host collaborate ?},
  author = {{B}iron, {D}avid and {P}onton, {F}leur and {J}oly, {C}. and {M}enigoz, {A}. and {H}anelt, {B}. and {T}homas, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e explored the idea that hosts infected with manipulative parasites might mitigate the costs of infection by collaborating with the parasite rather than resisting it. {N}ematomorphs are usually considered to be manipulative parasites of arthropods because they cause hosts to seek an aquatic environment, which is needed by the adult parasite. {W}e placed infected cricket hosts in situations of forced noncompliance and compared some fitness parameters (life expectancy, gonad development, and reproductive behaviors) in noncompliant hosts and hosts allowed to express parasite-induced behavior. {C}ompared to uninfected controls, reduced survival was observed in both males and females from the two categories of infected hosts, collaborative or not. {A} substantial proportion of collaborative females produced eggs or had developed ovaries while such phenomena were never observed among noncollaborative ones. {C}ollaborative females retained a nymphal phenotype, but adult males nevertheless courted and produced spermatophores to such females. {H}owever, collaborative females had difficulties mounting males, taking spermatophores and/or ovipositing. {I}n contrast to females, all males were entirely castrated by the parasite regardless of their behavior, collaborative or not. {T}hus, bringing the parasite into water does not effectively mitigate the costs of infection for the host.},
  keywords = {host collaboration ; host manipulation ; {N}ematomorpha ; {O}rthoptera},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{B}ehavioral {E}cology},
  volume = {16},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {656--660},
  ISSN = {1045-2249},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1093/beheco/ari039},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00000193},
}