It has become increasingly clear that parasites can have significant impacts on the dynamics
of wildlife populations. Recently, researchers have shifted from using observational …

The environmental drivers of species distributions and abundances are at the core of
ecological research. However, the effects of these drivers on human abundance are not well …

Life history theory predicts that when food intake and body reserves are insufficient to
maintain all life processes, resource allocation trade-offs should occur. Lactation is costly …

Personality traits overlap in behavioral syndromes that are assumed to be related to
physiology and life history traits, shaping pace-of-life syndromes. Boldness and explorative …

Hosts are often infested by multiple parasite species, but it is often unclear whether patterns
of parasite co-occurrence are driven by parasite habitat requirements or parasite species …

An understanding of the mechanisms influencing prenatal characteristics is fundamental to
comprehend the role of ecological and evolutionary processes behind survival and …

Plague is a bacterial zoonosis of mammalian hosts and flea vectors. The disease is capable
of ravaging rodent populations and transforming ecosystems. Because plague mortality is …

Ectoparasites are fundamental to ecosystems, playing a key role in trophic regulation. Fleas,
mites, and ticks are common hematophagous ectoparasites that infest shared mammalian …

While direct detrimental effects of parasites on hosts are relatively well documented, other
more subtle but potentially important effects of parasitism are yet unexplored. Biological …

Parasites are important component of communities in a forest ecosystem with profound
effects on trophic interactions such as food web. Modification of the forest structure (eg …