Recent efforts to include parasites in food webs have drawn attention to a previously ignored
facet of foraging ecology: parasites commonly function as prey within ecosystems. Because …

While the recent inclusion of parasites into food‐web studies has highlighted the role of
parasites as consumers, there is accumulating evidence that parasites can also serve as …

Comparative research on food web structure has revealed generalities in trophic
organization, produced simple models, and allowed assessment of robustness to species …

Parasites have historically been considered a scourge, deserving of annihilation. Although
parasite eradications rank among humanity's greatest achievements, new research is …

Historically, the role of parasites in ecosystem functioning has been considered trivial
because a cursory examination reveals that their relative biomass is low compared with that …

Parasitism is the most common consumer strategy among organisms, yet only recently has
there been a call for the inclusion of infectious disease agents in food webs. The value of …

Adult parasitoids must not only find hosts for reproductive purposes but also locate food to
meet their short-term nutritional needs. A knowledge of how parasitoid females deal with the …

In the five decades since the first publication of the International Journal for Parasitology,
ecological parasitology has grown from modest beginnings to become a modern discipline …

Parasites appropriate host resources to feed and/or to reproduce, and lower host fitness to
varying degrees. As a consequence, they can negatively impact human and animal health …

The loss of appetite that typically accompanies infection or mere exposure to parasites is
traditionally considered a negative byproduct of infection, benefitting neither the host nor the …