Towards an ecosystem model of infectious disease

JM Hassell, T Newbold, AP Dobson… - Nature ecology & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Increasingly intimate associations between human society and the natural environment are
driving the emergence of novel pathogens, with devastating consequences for humans and …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation of parasites: a primer

AJ Lymbery, NJ Smit - International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Although parasites make up a substantial proportion of the biotic component of ecosystems,
in terms of both biomass and number of species, they are rarely considered in conservation …

Global knowledge gaps in species interaction networks data

T Poisot, G Bergeron, K Cazelles, T Dallas… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecological networks are increasingly studied at large spatial scales, expanding their focus
from a conceptual tool for community ecology into one that also addresses questions in …

What's in a name? Taxonomic and gender biases in the etymology of new species names

R Poulin, C McDougall… - Proceedings of the …, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
As our inventory of Earth's biodiversity progresses, the number of species given a Latin
binomial name is also growing. While the coining of species names is bound by rules, the …

Is the world wormier than it used to be? We'll never know without natural history collections

CL Wood, MPM Vanhove - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Many disease ecologists and conservation biologists believe that the world is wormier than it
used to be—that is, that parasites are increasing in abundance through time. This argument …

The rise of ecological parasitology: twelve landmark advances that changed its history

R Poulin - International Journal for Parasitology, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In the five decades since the first publication of the International Journal for Parasitology,
ecological parasitology has grown from modest beginnings to become a modern discipline …

From flames to inflammation: how wildfires affect patterns of wildlife disease

GF Albery, I Turilli, MB Joseph, J Foley, CH Frere… - Fire Ecology, 2021‏ - Springer
Background Fire strongly affects animals' behavior, population dynamics, and environmental
surroundings, which in turn are likely to affect their immune systems and exposure to …

Urban-adapted mammal species have more known pathogens

GF Albery, CJ Carlson, LE Cohen, EA Eskew… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
The world is rapidly urbanizing, inviting mounting concern that urban environments will
experience increased zoonotic disease risk. Urban animals could have more frequent …

Inside the host: understanding the evolutionary trajectories of intracellular parasitism

P Bartošová-Sojková, A Butenko… - Annual Review of …, 2024‏ - annualreviews.org
This review explores the origins of intracellular parasitism, an intriguing facet of symbiosis,
where one organism harms its host, potentially becoming deadly. We focus on three …

Mammal virus diversity estimates are unstable due to accelerating discovery effort

R Gibb, GF Albery, N Mollentze, EA Eskew… - Biology …, 2022‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Host-virus association data underpin research into the distribution and eco-evolutionary
correlates of viral diversity and zoonotic risk across host species. However, current …