When trophically‐transmitted parasites combine predation enhancement with predation suppression to optimize their transmission

V Médoc, JN Beisel - Oikos, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Trophically‐transmitted parasites are known for their ability to enhance predation of their
intermediate host but they are less known for their ability to suppress predation. We review …

Paratenic hosts as regular transmission route in the acanthocephalan Pomphorhynchus laevis: potential implications for food webs

V Médoc, T Rigaud, S Motreuil, MJ Perrot-Minnot… - …, 2011 - Springer
Although trophically transmitted parasites are recognized to strongly influence food-web
dynamics through their ability to manipulate host phenotype, our knowledge of their host …

Parasite-mediated intraguild predation as one of the drivers of co-existence and exclusion among invasive and native amphipods (Crustacea)

C MacNeil, JTA Dick - Hydrobiologia, 2011 - Springer
Parasitism is emerging as one of the forces determining the outcome of biological invasions.
Using field survey and laboratory experiments, we investigate parasitism as one of the …