Network analysis: ten years shining light on host–parasite interactions

R Runghen, R Poulin, C Monlleó-Borrull… - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
Biological interactions are key drivers of ecological and evolutionary processes. The
complexity of such interactions hinders our understanding of ecological systems and our …

Species‐level drivers of mammalian ectoparasite faunas

W Dáttilo, N Barrozo‐Chávez… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Traditionally, most studies have described the organization of host–parasite interaction
networks by considering only few host groups at limited geographical extents. However, host …

High fidelity defines the temporal consistency of host-parasite interactions in a tropical coastal ecosystem

VL Lopes, FV Costa, RA Rodrigues, ÉM Braga… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Host-parasite interactions represent a selective force that may reduce hosts' lifespan, their
reproductive success and survival. Environmental conditions can affect host-parasite …

[HTML][HTML] Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) of Peru: A Review of Their Diversity and the Host Specificity in the Country

D Minaya, C Flores-Bancayan, JJ Pellón, J Iannacone… - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the Neotropical biogeographic region, there are about 290 known species and
subspecies of fleas, which have as their main hosts to the rodent subfamily Sigmodontinae …

High niche partitioning promotes highly specialized, modular and non‐nested florivore–plant networks across spatial scales and reveals drivers of specialization

J Cordeiro, JHF de Oliveira, HJ Schmitz… - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding patterns of ecological specialization, the processes underlying niche
partitioning and how they translate into the structure of interaction networks is a persistent …

Modularity in host-parasite mixed networks: interaction configuration shifts based on human perturbation and parasitism form

APL Costa, J Bascompte, AA Padial - International Journal for Parasitology, 2023 - Elsevier
Parasitism is an association based on host individual traits and environmental factors. The
complexity of this type of interaction is often lost when studying species-by-species …

Ectoparasites of small mammals in a fragmented area of the southern Amazonia: interaction networks and correlations with seasonality and host sex

RFB de Mendonça, AC Colle, LC Freitas… - … and Applied Acarology, 2020 - Springer
The present work aimed to analyze the ectoparasite-host interaction network and possible
differences of this interaction related to two seasonal periods and host sex. During …

Changes in native and introduced host–parasite networks

M Llaberia-Robledillo, JA Balbuena, V Sarabeev… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Introduced species can alter the dynamics and structure of a native community. Network
analysis provides a tool to study host–parasite interactions that can help to predict the …

Ectoparasites are more vulnerable to host extinction than co-occurring endoparasites: evidence from metazoan parasites of freshwater and marine fishes

S Bellay, EF de Oliveira, M Almeida-Neto… - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
The extinction of fish species can direct and indirectly affect many groups of associated
species, among which parasite communities can be the most susceptible. However, the …

Host age predicts parasite occurrence, richness, and nested infracommunities in a pilot whale-helminth network

S Bellay, FH Oda, M Almeida-Neto, EF de Oliveira… - Parasitology …, 2020 - Springer
Ecological data on marine mammal parasites represent an excellent opportunity to expand
our understanding of host-parasite systems. In this study, we used a dataset of intestinal …