Parasitism and predation have long been considered analogous interactions. Yet by and
large, ecologists continue to study parasite–host and predator–prey ecology separately …

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

Abstract The Diplostomidae Poirier, 1886 is a large, globally distributed family of digeneans
parasitic in intestines of their definitive hosts. Diplostomum and Tylodelphys spp. are broadly …

A reproductive division of labour has recently been discovered within polyembryonic
colonies of two species of parasitic trematodes infecting snail hosts. In these colonies, one …

How complex life cycles of parasites are maintained is still a fascinating and unresolved
topic. Complex life cycles using three host species, free‐living stages, asexual and sexual …

This paper examines the efficiency of acquired resistance in protecting the fish host, rainbow
trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), against the trematode parasite Diplostomum spathaceum, and …

Digenean trematodes are common and abundant in aquatic habitats and their free-living
larvae, the cercariae, have recently been recognized as important components of …

Environmental stress has been suggested to increase host susceptibility to infections and
reduce host ability to resist parasite growth and reproduction, thus benefiting parasites. This …

Temperature is an important factor influencing the biology of ectothermic organisms and is
intrinsically linked to climate change. Trematodes are potentially susceptible to temperature …

Co-infecting parasite genotypes typically compete for host resources limiting their fitness.
The intensity of such competition depends on whether parasites are reproducing in a host …