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Kevin D. Lafferty
Past models have suggested host-parasite coextinction could lead to linear, or concave down relationships between free-living species richness and parasite richness. I explored several models for the relationship between parasite richness and biodiversity loss. Life cycle complexity, low generality of parasites and…
Andrés Gómez, Elizabeth Nichols
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Alan J. Lymbery, Nico J. Smit
Although parasites make up a substantial proportion of the biotic component of ecosystems, in terms of both biomass and number of species, they are rarely considered in conservation planning, except where they are thought to pose a threat to the conservation of their hosts. In this review, we address a number of…
Cheolwoon Woo, Mohammad Imtiaj Uddin Bhuiyan, Kyung Yeon Eo, Woo-Shin Lee + 2 more
'Woo-Shin Lee' 'Junpei Kimura' 'Naomichi Yamamoto'] Consisting of diverse groups of organisms, parasites are among the least studied pathogens despite their enormous impacts on humans, livestock, and wildlife. In particular, little is known about their host specificity and diversity in wildlife. Here, using multiple…
Sebastian Botero-Cañola, Scott L. Gardner
Introduction Parasites comprise a large portion of the world's biodiversity, with estimates of 40% to more than 50% of extant species having a parasitic lifestyle (Dobson et al., [14]; Larsen et al., [39]). Despite the ubiquity, diversity and ecological importance of the parasitic lifestyle (Thomas et al., [56]; Hudson…
Joshua I. Brian, David C. Aldridge
Parasite conservation is important for the maintenance of ecosystem diversity and function. Conserving parasites relies first on understanding parasite biodiversity and second on estimating the extinction risk to that biodiversity. Although steps have been taken independently in both these areas, previous studies have…
Boris R. Krasnov, Irina S. Khokhlova, M. Fernanda López Berrizbeitia, Sonja Matthee + 3 more
'Sonja Matthee' 'Juliana P. Sanchez' 'Georgy I. Shenbrot' 'Luther van der Mescht'] Introduction Studying parasite diversity is crucial not only because many parasites are important to medicine and veterinary, but also because parasites, being independently evolved in multiple phylogenetic lineages, present the…
Anai Novoa, Ryan F. Hechinger
The lack of information concerning how parasitism maps onto host geographical distributions represents a striking gap in ecological knowledge. This knowledge gap limits our understanding of a wide range of phenomena, including the consequences of climate change-induced range shifts of both hosts and parasites. To help…
Jose L Rivera-Parra, Iris I Levin, Kevin P Johnson, Patricia G Parker
'Patricia G Parker'] Parasites comprise a significant percentage of the biodiversity of the planet and are useful systems to test evolutionary and ecological hypotheses. In this study, we analyze the effect of host species identity and the immediate local species assemblage within mixed species colonies of nesting…
Elise Vaumourin, Gwenaël Vourc’h, Patrick Gasqui, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
'Muriel Vayssier-Taussat'] Most parasites co-occur with other parasites, although the importance of such multiparasitism has only recently been recognised. Co-infections may result when hosts are independently infected by different parasites at the same time or when interactions among parasite species facilitate…
Robbert van Himbeeck, Jessica N. Sowa, Hala Tamim El Jarkass, Wenjia Wu + 4 more
'Wenjia Wu' 'Job Oude Vrielink' 'Joost A. G. Riksen' 'Aaron Reinke' 'Lisa van Sluijs'] Host diversity can affect parasite prevalence, a phenomenon widely studied in macroscopic organisms. However, data from microscopic communities are lacking, despite their essential role in ecosystem functioning and the unique…
María José Ruiz-López, Ryan J. Monello, Matthew E. Gompper, Lori S. Eggert + 1 more
'Lori S. Eggert' 'Colin Dale'] Understanding factors that determine heterogeneity in levels of parasitism across individuals is a major challenge in disease ecology. It is known that genetic makeup plays an important role in infection likelihood, but the mechanism remains unclear as does its relative importance when…
Caroline R Amoroso, Charles L Nunn
Humans have undergone a series of epidemiological transitions that have changed the composition and richness of their parasites . New zoonotic infections emerged when humans shifted from a hunting-and-gathering mode of subsistence to a more settled, agriculture-based lifestyle that included close contact with…
Marcos A. Vannier-Santos, Henrique L. Lenzi
This paper presents many types of interplays between parasites and the host, showing the history of parasites, the effects of parasites on the outcome of wars, invasions, migrations, and on the development of numerous regions of the globe, and the impact of parasitic diseases on the society and on the course of human…
Donald A. Windsor
Conservation of parasites had a slow beginning, [3], [4] but is now a thriving trend, [1]. However, I worry that many biologists who are willing to conserve parasites may change their minds when they find out how nasty some parasites are. Consequently, it is critical that conservationists realize that there are two…
Chloé Larose, Tanja Schwander
Host-parasite coevolution stems from reciprocal selection on host resistance and parasite infectivity, and can generate some of the strongest selective pressures known in nature. It is widely seen as a major driver of diversification, the most extreme case being parallel speciation in hosts and their associated…
Mark Viney
Nematodes are very common animals and they have repeatedly evolved parasitic lifestyles during their evolutionary history. Recently, the genomes of many nematodes, especially parasitic species, have been determined, potentially giving an insight into the genetic and genomic basis of nematodes’ parasitism. But, to…