Although interest in Acanthocephala seems to have reached only a small community of
researchers worldwide, we show in this opinion article that this group of parasites is …

Some parasites are expected to have beneficial impacts on wild populations in polluted
environments because of their bioaccumulation potential of pollutants from their hosts. The …

Studies on parasite biogeography and host spectrum provide insights into the processes
driving parasite diversification. Global geographical distribution and a multi-host spectrum …

Invasive species tend to acquire native parasites from their invaded range over time. In
these cases, native host-parasite dynamics may be altered as a result of differences in …

Species of the genus Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905 (Acanthocephala:
Pomphorhynchidae) are obligate endoparasites infesting mostly freshwater fish …

Parasites with complex life-cycles and trophic transmission are expected to show low
specificity towards final hosts. However, testing this hypothesis may be hampered by low …

Acanthocephalans are obligate parasites of vertebrates, mostly of fish. There is limited
knowledge about the diversity of fish-parasitizing Acanthocephala in Austria. Seven …

Invasive species are a major threat to ecosystems worldwide. Their effects are versatile and
mostly well studied. However, not much is known about the impact of invasion on native …

Reciprocal effects of adaptive radiations on the evolution of interspecific interactions, like
parasitism, remain barely explored. We test whether the recent radiations of European …

The round goby, Neogobius melanostomus, is a Ponto-Caspian fish considered as an
invasive species in a wide range of aquatic ecosystems. To understand the role that …