Molecular ecology of parasites: elucidating ecological and microevolutionary processes

CD Criscione, R Poulin, MS Blouin - Molecular ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We review studies that have used molecular markers to address ecological and
microevolutionary processes in parasites. Our goal is to highlight areas of research that may …

A macroevolutionary mosaic: episodic host‐switching, geographical colonization and diversification in complex host–parasite systems

EP Hoberg, DR Brooks - Journal of Biogeography, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To integrate ecological fitting, the oscillation hypothesis and the taxon pulse hypothesis
into a coherent null model for the evolution of complex host–parasite associations. Location …

[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 …

When cold is better: climate-driven elevation shifts yield complex patterns of diversification and demography in an alpine specialist (American pika, Ochotona princeps …

KE Galbreath, DJ Hafner, KR Zamudio - Evolution, 2009 - academic.oup.com
The genetic consequences of climate-driven range fluctuation during the Pleistocene have
been well studied for temperate species, but cold-adapted (eg, alpine, arctic) species that …

Parasites: proxies for host genealogy and ecology?

CM Nieberding, I Olivieri - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2007 - cell.com
Genetic information is used extensively to reconstruct the evolutionary and demographic
history of organisms. Recently, it has been suggested that genetic information from some …

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 …

Using parasites to infer host population history: a new rationale for parasite conservation

NK Whiteman, PG Parker - Animal conservation forum, 2005 - cambridge.org
Only one of the 5000 extant louse species (Phthiraptera) and no species of flea
(Siphonaptera), parasitic helminth (Platyhelminthes), parasitic nematode (Nemata), mite, or …

Northern host–parasite assemblages: history and biogeography on the borderlands of episodic climate and environmental transition

EP Hoberg, KE Galbreath, JA Cook, SJ Kutz… - Advances in …, 2012 - Elsevier
Diversity among assemblages of mammalian hosts and parasites in northern terrestrial
ecosystems was structured by a deep history of biotic and abiotic change that overlies a …

Advances and trends in the molecular systematics of the parasitic Platyhelminthes

PD Olson, VV Tkach - Advances in parasitology, 2005 - Elsevier
The application of molecular systematics to the parasitic Platyhelminthes (Cestoda, Digenea
and Monogenea) over the last decade has advanced our understanding of their …

The Beringian Coevolution Project: holistic collections of mammals and associated parasites reveal novel perspectives on evolutionary and environmental change in …

JA Cook, KE Galbreath, KC Bell, ML Campbell… - Arctic …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
The Beringian Coevolution Project (BCP), a field program underway in the high northern
latitudes since 1999, has focused on building key scientific infrastructure for integrated …