Climate change affects ecological processes and interactions, including parasitism.
Because parasites are natural components of ecological systems, as well as agents of …

The extent to which the geographic distributions of marine organisms have been reshaped
by human activities remains underappreciated, and so does, consequently, the impact of …

Complex societies where individuals exhibit division of labor with physical polymorphism,
behavioral specialization, and caste formation have evolved several times throughout the …

We present a detailed review of 269 published studies using Littorina species in the field of
evolutionary ecology during the last 18 years. We first identify the reasons for the special …

Invasion ecology has much advanced since its early beginnings. Nevertheless, explanation,
prediction, and management of biological invasions remain difficult. We argue that progress …

Renicolid digeneans parasitize aquatic birds. Their intramolluscan stages develop in marine
and brackish-water gastropods, while metacercariae develop in molluscs and fishes. The …

The North Atlantic intertidal gastropod, Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792), exhibits extreme
morphological variation between and within geographic regions and has become a model …

Early invasions of the North American shore occurred mainly via deposition of ballast rock,
which effectively transported pieces of the intertidal zone across the Atlantic. From 1773 …

This paper provides a brief overview of a major hypothesis in invasion biology: the enemy
release hypothesis. Building on a summary of different previous definitions, we provide the …

Molluscs are economically and ecologically important components of aquatic ecosystems. In
addition to supporting valuable aquaculture and wild-harvest industries, their populations …