Theory generally predicts that host specialisation and dispersal should evolve jointly.
Indeed, many models predict that specialists should be poor dispersers to avoid landing on …

While ecological interactions have been identified as determinant for biological control
efficiency, the role of evolution remains largely underestimated in biological control …

Historical contingency, such as the order of species arrival, can modify competitive
outcomes via niche modification or pre‐emption. However, how these mechanisms …

Virulence is expected to be linked to parasite fitness via transmission. However, it is not
clear whether this relationship is genetically determined, nor if it differs when transmission …

Some plants are able to accumulate on their leaves metals taken from the soil, using this as
a defence against herbivorous arthropods. However, herbivore response to metal …

Rising temperatures due to climate change are predicted to accelerate the life cycle of
arthropod herbivores thereby exacerbating pest formation. Notorious pests like spider mites …

One of the fundamental aims of ecological, epidemiological and evolutionary studies of host–
parasite interactions is to unravel which factors affect parasite virulence. Theory predicts that …

Endosymbiotic reproductive manipulators are widely studied as sources of postzygotic
isolation in arthropods, but their effect on prezygotic isolation between genetically …

Metal accumulation is used by some plants as a defence against herbivores. Yet, herbivores
may adapt to these defences, becoming less susceptible. Moreover, ecosystems often …

Arthropods are often infected with Wolbachia inducing cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI),
whereby crosses between uninfected females and infected males yield unviable fertilized …