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Infracommunity dynamics of chiggers (Trombiculidae) parasitic on a rodent
Parasitology, 2015 SUMMARYWe studied the structure of chigger mite (Trombiculidae) communities parasitic on a South African rodent, Rhabdomys pumilio. We aimed to determine whether: (a) different chigger species differ in preferences for certain body areas of a host and (b) chigger assemblages among body areas of the same host individual, are structured and if so ...
Karlien, Barnard +3 more
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Long-term spatiotemporal stability and dynamic changes in helminth infracommunities of spiny mice (Acomys dimidiatus) in St. Katherine’s Protectorate, Sinai, Egypt [PDF]
, 2018 The importance of parasites as a selective force in host evolution is a topic of current interest. However, short-term ecological studies of host-parasite systems, on which such studies are usually based, provide only snap-shots of what may be dynamic ...
Gilbert, Francis +44 more
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On the infracommunity structure of adult cestodes in freshwater fishes
Parasitology, 1990 The distribution–co-occurrence and exchange of adult cestode species in two fish communities (the Bothnian Bay and Lake Yli-Kitka both in Finland) was studied. Coexistence of two or more mature cestode species in the same fish host population was zero for all fish species studied (33) except pike in the Bothnian Bay and whitefish in the lake.
K I, Andersen, E T, Valtonen
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Ecology, Volume 101, Issue 12, December 2020., 2020 Abstract A core goal of ecology is to understand the abiotic and biotic variables that regulate species distributions and community composition. A major obstacle is that the rules governing species distributions can change with spatial scale. Here, we illustrate this point using data from a spatially nested metacommunity of parasites infecting a ...
Daniel I. Bolnick +4 more
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High parasite diversity in the amphipod Gammarus lacustris in a subarctic lake
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 21, Page 12385-12394, November 2020., 2020 We set out to identify and quantify the parasite community of Gammarus lacustris to understand the contributions of the amphipod and its parasites to the Takvatn food web. We identified seven parasite taxa: a direct life cycle gregarine, Rotundula sp., and larval stages of two digenean trematode genera, two cestodes, one nematode, and one ...
Jenny C. Shaw +8 more
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021 The present study investigated the metazoan parasite community in Pimelodus ornatus from the Amazon River, in the state of Amapá (Brazil). Of 71 fish examined, 70.4% were parasitized by Demidospermus sp.
Elvis Silva Lima +2 more
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Journal of Parasitology, 2011 This study analyzed the variation of the parasite infracommunities and their relationship with the diet and spatial distribution of the clingfish Sicyases sanguineus during its ontogeny. In total, 154 clingfish were collected from the intertidal and the upper subtidal zone of Pacific Ocean along the central Chilean coast. A wide range in body length (1.
Munoz, Gabriela, Zamora, Leonardo
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Food nutrient availability affects epibiont prevalence and richness in natural Daphnia populations
Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 65, Issue 10, Page 2529-2540, October 2020., 2020 Abstract The increased input of nutrients into biological systems has been shown to result in altered biotic interactions through changes in food availability. The aim of this study was to test for an association between phytoplankton nutrient content and epibiont variables in natural zooplankton populations.
Lien Reyserhove +10 more
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Host patch traits have scale‐dependent effects on diversity in a stickleback parasite metacommunity
Ecography, Volume 43, Issue 7, Page 990-1002, July 2020., 2020 Many metacommunities are distributed across habitat patches that are themselves aggregated into groups. Perhaps the clearest example of this nested metacommunity structure comes from multi‐species parasite assemblages, which occupy individual hosts that are aggregated into host populations. At both spatial scales, we expect parasite community diversity
Daniel I. Bolnick +4 more
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, 2022 Figure 1. Geographic location of the study sites in Honduras: 1) Joya Grande, 2) Río Arcagual, 3) Los Ochales, 4) Lainez, 5) El Hizopo, 6) Cuevas de Talgua, 7) UNAG, 8 Kurpha.
Gómez-Corea, Wilson +3 more
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