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  2. Why are parasites ecologically important? Parasites can shape community structure through their effects on trophic interactions, food webs, competition, biodiversity, and keystone species.

  3. Nov 11, 2013 · From hundreds of independent transitions from a free-living existence to a parasitic mode of life, separate parasite lineages have converged over evolutionary time to share traits and exploit their hosts in similar ways.

    • Robert Poulin, Haseeb S. Randhawa
    • 2015
  4. Sep 17, 2014 · Conduct experimental evolution studies using parasites that can facultatively vary the complexity of their lifecycle and examine how increased lifecycle complexity impacts on parasite...

    • S K J R Auld, M C Tinsley
    • 2015
  5. Dec 1, 2021 · The 12 key advances discussed are in areas including parasite population dynamics and community assembly, the regulation of host population abundance and food web structure, parasites as agents of natural selection, the impacts of biodiversity and anthropogenic changes on host-parasite interactions, the biogeography of parasite diversity, and ...

    • Robert Poulin
    • 2021
  6. Jun 27, 2011 · Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites presents an evolutionary framework for the study of parasite biology, combining theory with empirical examples for a broader understanding of why parasites are as they are and do what they do.

    • Robert Poulin
    • June 27, 2011
    • 1997
  7. Apr 19, 2021 · Parasitic and mutualistic microbial symbioses exist widely in nature. These interactions occur when microorganisms (that is, bacteria, fungi and viruses) take up residence in or on animals or...

  8. Nov 11, 2013 · Summary. From hundreds of independent transitions from a free-living existence to a parasitic mode of life, separate parasite lineages have converged over evolutionary time to share traits and exploit their hosts in similar ways.