While the importance of changes in host biodiversity for disease risk continues to gain
empirical support, the influence of natural variation in parasite diversity on epidemiological …

The ecological specialization of parasites–whether they can obtain high fitness on very few
or very many different host species–is a determining feature of their ecology. In order to …

In nature, hosts are exposed to an assemblage of parasite species that collectively form a
complex community within the host. To date, however, our understanding of how within-host …

Biological invasions are global threats to biodiversity and parasites might play a role in
determining invasion outcomes. Transmission of parasites from invading to native species …

Invasions can impact on parasite communities through both the introduction of exotic
parasite species and effects of invading hosts on native parasite dynamics. However, our …

The ecology of infectious diseases, as we currently recognise it, has been a major field of
scientific research for over a century. Since the early work of John Snow, describing the …

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The ability of pathogens and parasites to adaptively exploit novel hosts has contributed to
their unparalleled diversification along the tree of life. Moreover, evolved host‐range shifts …

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

Most parasites and pathogens infect multiple hosts, but a great deal of variation exists in the
role of those hosts in persistence of infection. Understanding which hosts are most important …