Concentrations of microplastics in aquatic environments continue to rise due to industrial
production and pollution. While there are various concerns regarding potential deleterious …

Hosts and their parasites exist within complex ecological communities. However, the role
that non‐focal community members, species which cannot be infected by a focal pathogen …

Outbreaks of environmentally transmitted parasites require that susceptible hosts encounter
transmission stages in the environment and become infected, but we also know that …

A comprehensive framework for understanding species coexistence Coexistence is the
central concept in community ecology, but an understanding of this concept requires that we …

Parasites can mediate competition among host species in an ecological community by
differentially affecting key parameters that normally give one species a competitive edge. In …

Understanding why diversity sometimes limits disease is essential for managing outbreaks;
however, mechanisms underlying this 'dilution effect'remain poorly understood. Negative …

The dilution and amplification effects are important concepts in the field of zoonotic
diseases. While the dilution effect predicts that pathogen prevalence is negatively correlated …

Parasites often coinfect host populations and, by interacting within hosts, might change the
trajectory of multiparasite epidemics. However, host-parasite interactions often change with …

Natural populations encounter a variety of threats that can increase their risk of extinction.
Populations can avoid extinction through evolutionary rescue (ER), which occurs when an …

Human activities simultaneously alter nutrient levels, habitat structure, and levels of
parasitism. These activities likely have individual and joint impacts on food webs …