Dispersal-limited symbionts exhibit unexpectedly wide variation in host specificity

AE Matthews, AJ Wijeratne, AD Sweet… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A fundamental aspect of symbiotic relationships is host specificity, ranging from extreme
specialists associated with only a single host species to generalists associated with many …

Lernanthropids (Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) parasitizing the marine fishes of Kerala Coast (India): Species diversity, phylogeny and host-parasite interaction

N Reshmi, K Rijin, OK Drisya, JP TA… - Regional Studies in Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study provides new information on the distribution of 17 known species of
lernanthropids recovered from 25 species of commercially valuable marine fishes of the …

Phylogenetic patterns in regional flea assemblages from 6 biogeographic realms: strong links between flea and host phylogenetic turnovers and weak effects of …

BR Krasnov, GI Shenbrot, IS Khokhlova - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
We investigated phylogenetic patterns in flea assemblages from 80 regions in 6
biogeographic realms and asked whether (a) flea phylogenetic turnover is driven by host …

Components influencing parasitism by Dadaytrema oxycephala (Digenea: Cladorchiidae) in Neotropical fish

LD Cavalcanti, ÉJ Gouveia, G Michelan, AL Lehun… - Parasitology …, 2023 - Springer
The components that mold the structure of parasitic fauna are used as objects of study in an
attempt to find patterns in their distribution. It is known that phylogeny (represented by …

Invasive Parasite Bio-Characteristics

L Barwell, B Purse, H Hesketh - Parasites and Biological …, 2023 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Parasite invasions are recognized as a major threat to biodiversity, economies and food
production, but there are significant challenges to mitigating these potential impacts …

Emergence, prevalence and consequences of parasites in a songbird

S Abdu - 2024 - kops.uni-konstanz.de
Parasites are abundant in nature and known to alter the behaviour of animals. These
changes can be directly selected for by the parasite or result from host responses to …