Manipulative parasites are known to alter the spatial distribution of their intermediate hosts
in a way that enables trophic transmission to definitive hosts. However, field data on the …

A trade-off between resource-specialization and the breadth of the ecological niche is one of
the most fundamental biological characteristics. A true generalist (Jack-of-all-trades) …

Acanthocephalan parasites can manipulate the behavior of their amphipod intermediate
hosts in ways that increase the amphipod's risk of being eaten by a predator that serves as …

Abstract “Drifting” is known to subject aquatic invertebrates to intense predation by drift
feeding fish. Consequently, interspecific variations in drifting behaviour could lead to …

Predation is often considered as one of the most important biotic factor determining the
success of exotic species. The freshwater amphipod Gammarus roeseli has widely …

Many parasites with complex life cycles are known to modify their host phenotype to
enhance transmission from the intermediate host to the definitive host. Several earlier …

Acanthocephalans' position in food webs, in close interaction with free-living species, could
provide valuable information about freshwater ecosystem health through the viability of the …

The acanthocephalan parasite Acanthocephalus dirus infects the freshwater isopod
Caecidotea intermedius as an intermediate host before completing its life cycle in a fish …

We used a freshwater amphipod-microsporidian model (Ponto-Caspian hosts:
Dikerogammarus villosus and D. haemobaphes, parasite: Cucumispora dikerogammari) to …

Many complex life cycle parasites exhibit seasonal transmission between hosts. Expression
of parasite traits related to transmission, such as the manipulation of host phenotype, may …