How the environment influences the transmission and prevalence of disease in a population
of hosts is a key aspect of disease ecology. The role that environmental factors play in host …

Understanding factors affecting the distribution of vector-borne diseases in space and
across species is of prime importance to conservation ecologists. Identifying the underlying …

Investigating the ecological context in which host–parasite interactions occur and the roles
of biotic and abiotic factors in forcing infection dynamics is essential to understanding …

Avian malaria (Plasmodium spp.) and other blood parasitic infections of birds constitute
increasingly popular model systems in ecological and evolutionary host–parasite studies …

Migratory shorebirds show strong dichotomies in habitat choice during both the breeding
and nonbreeding season. Whereas High Arctic breeding species are restricted to coastal …

Parasites can have important effects on host populations influencing either fecundity or
mortality, but understanding the magnitude of these effects in endemic host–parasite …

Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasites is one of the worst scourges of mankind and
threatens wild animal populations. Therefore, identifying mechanisms that mediate the …

The mosquito-borne disease avian malaria (Plasmodium spp.) has impacted both captive
populations and wild individuals of native New Zealand bird species. However, whether or …

Malaria parasites can have strong effects on the population dynamics and evolution of
migratory bird species. In many species, parasite transmission occurs on the wintering …

Understanding exactly when, where and how hosts become infected with parasites is critical
to understanding host–parasite co‐evolution in natural populations. However, for host …