Inordinate fondness multiplied and redistributed: the number of species on earth and the new pie of life

BB Larsen, EC Miller, MK Rhodes… - The Quarterly Review …, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
The number of species on Earth is one of the most fundamental numbers in science, but one
that remains highly uncertain. Clearly, more species exist than the present number of …

Cospeciation vs host‐shift speciation: Methods for testing, evidence from natural associations and relation to coevolution

DM De Vienne, G Refrégier… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Hosts and their symbionts are involved in intimate physiological and ecological interactions.
The impact of these interactions on the evolution of each partner depends on the time‐scale …

[BOOK][B] Evolutionary ecology of parasites

R Poulin - 2011 - degruyter.com
Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

A global parasite conservation plan

CJ Carlson, S Hopkins, KC Bell, J Doña… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Found throughout the tree of life and in every ecosystem, parasites are some of the most
diverse, ecologically important animals on Earth—but in almost all cases, the least protected …

Homage to Linnaeus: how many parasites? How many hosts?

A Dobson, KD Lafferty, AM Kuris… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Estimates of the total number of species that inhabit the Earth have increased significantly
since Linnaeus's initial catalog of 20,000 species. The best recent estimates suggest that …

[BOOK][B] Infectious diseases in primates: behavior, ecology and evolution

C Nunn, S Altizer - 2006 - books.google.com
Recent progress in the field of wildlife disease ecology demonstrates that infectious disease
plays a crucial role in the lives of wild animals. Parasites and pathogens should be …

What would it take to describe the global diversity of parasites?

CJ Carlson, TA Dallas… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
How many parasites are there on Earth? Here, we use helminth parasites to highlight how
little is known about parasite diversity, and how insufficient our current approach will be to …

Parasite biodiversity revisited: frontiers and constraints

R Poulin - International journal for parasitology, 2014 - Elsevier
Although parasites are widely touted as representing a large fraction of the Earth's total
biodiversity, several questions remain about the magnitude of parasite diversity, our ability to …

Host diversity begets parasite diversity: bird final hosts and trematodes in snail intermediate hosts

RF Hechinger, KD Lafferty - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An unappreciated facet of biodiversity is that rich communities and high abundance may
foster parasitism. For parasites that sequentially use different host species throughout …

Are there general laws in parasite ecology?

R Poulin - Parasitology, 2007 - cambridge.org
As a scientific discipline matures, its theoretical underpinnings tend to consolidate around a
few general laws that explain a wide range of phenomena, and from which can be derived …