The role of animals in modulating nutrient cycling [hereafter, consumer‐driven nutrient
dynamics (CND)] has been accepted as an important influence on both community structure …

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

Species interactions can influence ecosystem functioning by enhancing or suppressing the
activities of species that drive ecosystem processes, or by causing changes in biodiversity …

Growing evidence indicates that parasites—when considered—can play influential roles in
ecosystem structure and function, highlighting the need to integrate disease ecology and …

Parasites are increasingly recognized as integral members of ecological communities, but
their ecological effects remain less clear. Here, I propose that, to uncover the unique role of …

Changes in environmental nutrients play a crucial role in driving disease dynamics, but
global patterns in nutrient-driven changes in disease are difficult to predict. In this paper we …

Wild animals are usually infected with parasites that can alter their hosts' trophic niches in
food webs as can be seen from stable isotope analyses of infected versus uninfected …

Consumer species alter nutrient cycling through nutrient transformation, transfer, and
bioturbation. Parasites have rarely been considered in this framework despite their ability to …

The human burden of environmentally transmitted infectious diseases can depend strongly
on ecological factors, including the presence or absence of natural enemies. The marbled …

Schistosomiasis–a parasitic disease that affects over 200 million people across the globe–is
primarily transmitted between human definitive hosts and snail intermediate hosts. To …