For decades, people have reduced the transmission of pathogens by adding low‐quality
hosts to managed environments like agricultural fields. More recently, there has been …

Some species within the family Plasmodiidae (Haemosporida) have been extensively
studied due to their implications for human health. However, for other haemosporidians that …

Background Pathogens face strong selection from host immune responses, yet many host
populations support pervasive pathogen populations. We investigated this puzzle in a model …

The biodiversity‐disease relationship states that increased species richness leads to lower
pathogen pressure (ie the dilution effect), an effect that erodes with biodiversity loss …

Network approaches have revolutionized the study of ecological interactions. Social,
movement and ecological networks have all been integral to studying infectious disease …

Understanding parasite transmission in communities requires knowledge of each species'
capacity to support transmission. This property,'competence', is a critical currency for …

Predation is considered one of the key drivers shaping the relationships between animals.
There is increasing evidence that non‐host aquatic taxa use free‐living parasite stages as …

The greatest challenge that we currently face is generating integrative conservation
strategies to guarantee the preservation not only of species richness, but also of ecological …

Aim To advance our understanding of the mechanisms that mediate the relationships
between global climatic and anthropogenic processes and pathogen occurrence, it is crucial …

Parasites can be studied with respect to their spatial distribution, abundance and diversity (a
parasite-centric view), or with respect to their effects on host individuals, populations …