Food webs are typically defined as being macro-organism-based (eg, plants, mammals,
birds) or microbial (eg, bacteria, fungi, viruses). However, these characterizations have …

Epigenetic modification, especially DNA methylation, can play an important role in mediating
gene regulatory response to environmental stressors and may be a key process affecting …

Parasite transmission is the ability of pathogens to move between hosts. As a key
component of the interaction between hosts and parasites, it has crucial implications for the …

Parasites can profoundly affect host populations and ecological communities. Thus, it
remains critical to identify mechanisms that drive variation in epidemics. Resource …

Infectious disease dynamics depend on the speed, number and fitness of parasites
transmitting from infected hosts ('donors') to parasite-naive 'recipients'. Donor heterogeneity …

General laws in ecological parasitology are scarce. Here, we evaluate data on numbers of
fish parasites published by over 200 authors to determine whether acquiring parasites via …

The reliance on chemical communication is well established for evading predation in
aquatic systems. Only a few studies have found evidence that chemical cues released from …

Several factors influence whether an organism remains in its local habitat. Parasites can, for
example, influence host movement by impacting their behavior, physiology, and …

To better understand the spread of disease in nature, it is fundamentally important to have
broadly applicable model systems with readily available species which can be replicated …

Should parasites stabilize or destabilize consumer–resource dynamics? Recent theory
suggests that parasite‐enhanced mortality may confer underappreciated stability to their …