We review our ecological understanding of wildlife infectious diseases from the individual
host to the ecosystem scale, highlighting where conceptual thinking lacks verification …

Biological invasions are ecologically and economically costly. Understanding the major
mechanisms that contribute to an alien species becoming invasive is seen as essential for …

The 'killer shrimp', Dikerogammarus villosus, has been recognised as one of the 100 worst
alien species in Europe, in terms of negative impacts on the biodiversity and functioning of …

There is considerable current interest in the role that parasites can play in biological
invasions. This review looks at the fate of parasites during a biological invasion and at their …

The microsporidian genus Nosema is primarily known to infect insects of economic
importance stimulating high research interest, while other hosts remain understudied …

Background The amphipod and microsporidian diversity in freshwaters of a heterogeneous
urban region in Germany was assessed. Indigenous and non-indigenous host species …

The amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus has colonized most of the European main inland
water bodies in less than 20 years, having deteriorating effect on the local benthic …

The alien freshwater amphipod of Ponto‐Caspian origin, Dikerogammarus villosus, also
known as the killer shrimp, is recognized as being one of the worst invasive alien species in …

Microsporidia are a large phylum of obligate intracellular parasites that infect an extremely
diverse range of animals and protists. In this chapter, we review what is currently known …

With over 10000 species of Amphipoda currently described, this order is one of the most
diverse groups of freshwater and marine Crustacea. Members of this group are globally …