Parasitism and competition are both ubiquitous interactions in ecological communities. The
ability of host species to interact directly via competition and indirectly through shared …

Species composition within ecological assemblages can drive disease dynamics including
pathogen invasion, spread, and persistence. In multi-host pathogen systems, interspecific …

Despite the importance of virulence in epidemiological theory, the relative contributions of
host and parasite to virulence outcomes remain poorly understood. Here, we use reciprocal …

Ecology Letters (2012) Abstract Parasite infections often lead to dramatically different
outcomes among host species. Although an emerging body of ecoimmunological research …

Hosts and their parasites exist within complex ecological communities. However, the role
that non‐focal community members, species which cannot be infected by a focal pathogen …

Although research has focused on density‐dependent responses of hosts to single‐parasite
infections, hosts are exposed to numerous parasites simultaneously under natural …

Generalist parasites can strongly influence interactions between native and invasive
species. Host competence can be used to predict how an invasive species will affect …

Human habitat disturbance affects both species diversity and intraspecific genetic diversity,
leading to correlations between these two components of biodiversity (termed species …

The frequency of opportunities for transmission is key to the severity of directly transmitted
disease outbreaks in multihost communities. Transmission opportunities for generalist …

In natural systems, individuals are often co-infected by many species of parasites. However,
the significance of interactions between species and the processes that shape within-host …