The effect of host manipulation by parasites on trophic transmission to final hosts remains
unclear. The transmission benefits gained by manipulative parasites are difficult to assess …

With growing human populations living along freshwater shores and marine coastlines,
aquatic ecosystems are experiencing rising levels of light pollution. Through its effects on …

Many taxa of parasites modify the behavior of their hosts in ways that improve their
probability of transmission. Regardless of its evolutionary origins or underlying mechanisms …

Predatory functional responses play integral roles in predator–prey dynamics, and their
assessment promises greater understanding and prediction of the predatory impacts of …

Many trophically transmitted parasites with complex life cycles manipulate their intermediate
host behavior in ways facilitating their transmission to final host by predation. This facilitation …

The salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, is a parasitic copepod infecting wild and
farmed salmonid fishes in the northern hemisphere. It has a direct lifecycle with a planktonic …

Parasites can affect their hosts in various ways, and this implies that parasites may act as
additional biotic stressors in a multiple‐stressor scenario, resembling conditions often found …

Several parasite species have the ability to modify their host's phenotype to their own
advantage thereby increasing the probability of transmission from one host to another. This …

Invasive species often detrimentally impact native biota, eg through predation, but predicting
such impacts is difficult due to multiple and perhaps interacting abiotic and biotic context …

The concept of parasites manipulating behavior fascinates both scientists and non-
scientists. The idea that an invading organism can control a person's mind remains a …