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 …

Wild animals are usually infected with parasites that can alter their hosts' trophic niches in
food webs as can be seen from stable isotope analyses of infected versus uninfected …

Parasites are known to mediate trophic interactions and can, for example, modify how
consumers acquire resources. These modifications of host feeding behaviour can be …

We compared three sets of highly resolved food webs with and without parasites for a
subarctic lake system corresponding to its pelagic and benthic compartments and the whole …

Cercariae, the free-living larval stages of trematodes, have adopted an amazing variety of
transmission strategies. One of them is prey-mimetism, ie cercariae mimicking prey to attract …

Parasites comprise a significant proportion of species on Earth yet are seldom included or
realistically represented in studies of food web ecology. As ecosystems continue to change …

Background: Various biological properties of organisms relate to body size, often in regular
quantifiable ways. Traditionally, these biological scaling relationships have been explained …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys promise to be a sensitive and powerful tool for the
detection of trematodes. This can contribute to the limited studies on trematode ecology …

Rhizocephalan barnacles are parasites of crustaceans that are known for dramatic effects
on hosts, including parasitic castration, feminization, molt inhibition, and the facilitation of …

Interactions involving parasites often account for large proportions of links within aquatic
food webs, yet few studies integrate parasites into their food web analyses. This analysis …