Understanding how natural systems are structured and function is central to ecological theory. Although easily overlooked, parasites are ubiquitous and fundamental components of natural systems. Among their various roles, parasites strongly influence the flow of energy between and within food webs. Within marine food webs, elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) are both important predators and hosts to tapeworm parasites. Feeding links are potential transmission routes for tapeworms to exploit, and resolving these pathways provides insight into the ecological role of predators and their parasites within ecosystems. Over 1000 tapeworms are known to parasitise elasmobranchs, although few life cycles are resolved. This thesis furthers our und...
Parasites can shape the structure and function of ecosystems by influencing both the density and tra...
Digenean trematodes have complex life cycles, incorporating one to three intermediate hosts. Definit...
International audienceTrophic interactions, eg predation and herbivory, are one of the main biotic i...
A central aim in parasitology is to understand the mechanisms and processes that determine host-para...
Previous research has shed some light on what phylogenetic and ecological factors may be important d...
While the recent inclusion of parasites into food-web studies has highlighted the role of parasites ...
Some parasites move from one host to another via trophic transmission, the consumption of the parasi...
Interactions involving parasites often account for large proportions of links within aquatic food we...
Removal of parasite free-living stages by predators has previously been suggested an important facto...
20 pagesInternational audienceParasite infection patterns were compared with the occurrence of their...
Parasites often track food web linkages through their complex life cycles, but most food webs do not...
1.Parasites affect interactions among species in food webs and should be considered in any analysis ...
Intracellular parasites, endosymbionts that are specialised to live in host cells, have evolved inde...
In chapter one I surveyed the genetic structuring of 12 Schistocephalus solidus tapeworm populations...
The structure of free-living trophic interactions, detailed as food webs, describes potential parasi...
Parasites can shape the structure and function of ecosystems by influencing both the density and tra...
Digenean trematodes have complex life cycles, incorporating one to three intermediate hosts. Definit...
International audienceTrophic interactions, eg predation and herbivory, are one of the main biotic i...
A central aim in parasitology is to understand the mechanisms and processes that determine host-para...
Previous research has shed some light on what phylogenetic and ecological factors may be important d...
While the recent inclusion of parasites into food-web studies has highlighted the role of parasites ...
Some parasites move from one host to another via trophic transmission, the consumption of the parasi...
Interactions involving parasites often account for large proportions of links within aquatic food we...
Removal of parasite free-living stages by predators has previously been suggested an important facto...
20 pagesInternational audienceParasite infection patterns were compared with the occurrence of their...
Parasites often track food web linkages through their complex life cycles, but most food webs do not...
1.Parasites affect interactions among species in food webs and should be considered in any analysis ...
Intracellular parasites, endosymbionts that are specialised to live in host cells, have evolved inde...
In chapter one I surveyed the genetic structuring of 12 Schistocephalus solidus tapeworm populations...
The structure of free-living trophic interactions, detailed as food webs, describes potential parasi...
Parasites can shape the structure and function of ecosystems by influencing both the density and tra...
Digenean trematodes have complex life cycles, incorporating one to three intermediate hosts. Definit...
International audienceTrophic interactions, eg predation and herbivory, are one of the main biotic i...