Host specificity encompasses the range and diversity of host species that a parasite is
capable of infecting and is considered a crucial measure of a parasite's potential to shift …

Predicting the emergence, spread and evolution of parasites within and among host
populations requires insight to both the spatial and temporal scales of adaptation, including …

The evolution of parasite-imposed host harm (virulence) will be affected by numerous
factors, not least the range of hosts that parasites can infect. Here, we consider four ways …

Most host–parasite systems exhibit remarkable heterogeneity in the contribution to
transmission of certain individuals, locations, host infectious states, or parasite strains. While …

Theory predicts that increasing biodiversity will dilute the risk of infectious diseases under
certain conditions and will amplify disease risk under others. Yet, few empirical studies …

Aim Geographic spread and range expansion of species into novel environments may
merge originally separated species assemblages, yet the possible drivers of geographic …

A growing body of research is focused on the extinction of parasite species in response to
host endangerment and declines. Beyond the loss of parasite species richness, host …

Disease outbreaks are a consequence of interactions among the three components of a host–
parasite system: the infectious agent, the host and the environment. While virulence and …

Aim Identifying barriers that govern parasite community assembly and parasite invasion risk
is critical to understand how shifting host ranges impact disease emergence. We studied …

Estimating the number of host species that a parasite can infect (ie host range) provides key
insights into the evolution of host specialism and is a central concept in disease ecology …