International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 The tropical rainforests of Sundaland are a global biodiversity hotspot increasingly threatened by human activities. While parasitic insects are an important component of the ecosystem, their diversity and parasite-host relations are poorly understood in
Ramón Soto Madrid +9 more
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High water availability increases the negative impact of a native hemiparasite on its non-native host [PDF]
, 2015 Environmental factors alter the impacts of parasitic plants on their hosts. However, there have been no controlled studies on how water availability modulates stem hemiparasites' effects on hosts.
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Environmental temperature affects prevalence of blood parasites of birds on an elevation gradient: implications for disease in a warming climate. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: The rising global temperature is predicted to expand the distribution of vector-borne diseases both in latitude and altitude. Many host communities could be affected by increased prevalence of disease, heightening the risk of extinction for ...
Itzel Zamora-Vilchis +2 more
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Higher gregarine parasitism often in sibling species of host damselflies with smaller geographical distributions [PDF]
, 2012 1. This study investigated inter-specific variation in parasitism by gregarines (Eugregarinorida: Actinocephalidae), among sibling species of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera), in relation to relative size of geographical ranges of host species.
Forbes, MR, Hassall, C, Mlynarek, JJ
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Hosts, Guests and Parasites in Helena Maria Viramontes' “The Cariboo Café”
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2018 The correlation between immigrants and parasites is a common theme in political discourse. The nation-state assumes the role of a living organism that allows the entrance of an alien, a guest of sorts, who, in turn, endangers the wellbeing of the host ...
Jesús Benito Sánchez
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Media and Communication, 2021 In the digital age, the crisis of journalism has been exacerbated by antagonistic actors infiltrating the journalistic system without adhering to its norms or logic.
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\u3ci\u3eMicroctonus Pachylobii\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): New Host Record From \u3ci\u3eHylobius Radicis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and Additional Notes on Its Biology [PDF]
, 2017 The endoparasite Microctonus pachylobii was discovered parasitizing a new weevil host, Hylobius radicis. Thirteen of the 154 H. radicis adults collected were parasitized (8.5%).
Hoffman, George D, Raffa, Kenneth F
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Uncovering latent structure in valued graphs: A variational approach [PDF]
, 2010 As more and more network-structured data sets are available, the statistical analysis of valued graphs has become common place. Looking for a latent structure is one of the many strategies used to better understand the behavior of a network.
Mariadassou, Mahendra +2 more
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Parasite infections in a social carnivore: Evidence of their fitness consequences and factors modulating infection load [PDF]
, 2019 There are substantial individual differences in parasite composition and infection load in wildlife populations. Few studies have investigated the factors shaping this heterogeneity in large wild mammals or the impact of parasite infections on Darwinian ...
Bush A. O. +10 more
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Life history and mating systems select for male biased parasitism mediated through natural selection and ecological feedbacks [PDF]
, 2010 Males are often the "sicker" sex with male biased parasitism found in a taxonomically diverse range of species. There is considerable interest in the processes that could underlie the evolution of sex-biased parasitism.
Bacelar, Flora S. +2 more
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