Interrelationships and properties of parasite aggregation measures: a user's guide

A Morrill, R Poulin, MR Forbes - International Journal for Parasitology, 2023 - Elsevier
Aggregation of macroparasites among hosts is nearly universal among parasite-host
associations. Researchers testing hypotheses on origins of parasite aggregation and its …

Disease ecology and pathogeography: Changing the focus to better interpret and anticipate complex environment–host–pathogen interactions

JF Guégan, T Poisot, BA Han, J Olivero - Ecography, 2024 - search.proquest.com
Latitudinal distributions of the species richness, phylogenetic diversity and functional
diversity of fleas and their small mammalian hosts in four geographic quadrants by Krasnov …

Body size‐dependent effects on the distribution patterns of phoretic mite species assemblages on Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790)

I Matos, D Silva, J Oliveira, C Gonçalves… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phoretic mites attach to different body parts of the red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus
ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790), to disperse. However, the question of how the patterns of …

[HTML][HTML] Do fungi look like macroparasites? Quantifying the patterns and mechanisms of aggregation for host-fungal parasite relationships

SAR Schrock, JC Walsman, J DeMarchi, EH LeSage… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Most hosts contain few parasites, whereas few hosts contain many. This pattern, known as
aggregation, is well-documented in macroparasites where parasite intensity distribution …

Survey of Leafminers on American Chestnut and other Castanea spp. (Fagales: Fagaceae) on Long Island, NY

KE Hough, CS Eiseman, S Perreault… - Environmental …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The effect of the 20th-century functional extinction of the American Chestnut (Fagaceae:
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh) on associated herbivorous insects is unknown. These …

A Five-Year Study on Infestation and Abundance of Bat Flies (Hippoboscoidea: Streblidae) Under Severe Dry Season Conditions in the Tropical Dry Forest of Yucatan …

AC Montes de Oca-Aguilar, MP Ibarra-López… - Neotropical …, 2024 - Springer
In Mexico, few studies have explored how environmental conditions in tropical dry forests
(TDF) influence bat fly load even though, according to climate change scenarios, this …

Parasite infestation patterns differ between ticks and chigger mites on two rodent host species in Taiwan

CC Kuo, JL Huang, HC Wang - Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2024 - Springer
Parasites are typically concentrated on a few host individuals, and identifying the
mechanisms underlying aggregated distribution can facilitate a more targeted control of …

On Spatiotemporal Overdispersion and Macroparasite Accumulation in Hosts Leading to Aggregation: A Quantitative Framework

JF Rabajante - Diseases, 2022 - mdpi.com
In many host–parasite systems, overdispersion in the distribution of macroparasites leads to
parasite aggregation in the host population. This overdispersed distribution is often …

Towards Resolving Three Problems in Ecological Parasitology: Parasite Aggregation, Determinants of Parasitism, and Parasite Detoxification of Contaminants

AW Morrill - 2023 - repository.library.carleton.ca
Parasites are nearly universally aggregated among their hosts, and this aggregation has
important consequences for population-level experiences of disease, coinfection by multiple …