We studied the organization and temporal stability of an assemblage of malaria parasites
(genera Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) and their passerine avian hosts in a forested …

Under conditions of pollution both host and parasite are susceptible to the pathogenic
effects of toxicants, which in turn may result in detrimental changes to their immunological …

Background Adult traits of holometabolous insects such as reproduction and survival can be
shaped by conditions experienced during larval development. These “carry-over” effects …

Trait-based research holds high potential to unveil ecological and evolutionary processes.
Functional traits are fitness-related characteristics of individuals, which are measured at …

Climate change and anthropogenic activity are currently driving large changes in nutritional
availability across ecosystems, with consequences for infectious disease. An increase in …

Victims of infection are expected to suffer increasingly as parasite population growth
increases. Yet, under some conditions, faster-growing parasites do not appear to cause …

Environmental stress has been suggested to increase host susceptibility to infections and
reduce host ability to resist parasite growth and reproduction, thus benefiting parasites. This …

Numerous host qualities can modulate parasite fitness, and among these, host nutritive
resources and immunity are of prime importance. Indeed, parasite fitness increases with the …

Variation in climatic temperature is frequently cited as playing a powerful role in driving
host/pathogen dynamics, and as a consequence future patterns of disease are predicted to …

Much evolutionary theory assumes that parasite virulence (ie parasite-induced host
mortality) is determined by within-host parasite reproduction and by the specific parasite …