Trophically transmitted parasites often alter their intermediate host's phenotype, thereby
predisposing the hosts to increased predation. This is generally considered a parasite …

Background Several parasites with complex life-cycles induce phenotypic alterations in their
intermediate hosts. According to the host manipulation hypothesis, such phenotypic …

The growth and eventual size of larval helminths in their intermediate hosts presumably has
a variety of fitness consequences. Therefore, elucidating the proximate factors affecting …

Trophically-transmitted parasites frequently alter multiple aspects of their host's phenotype.
Correlations between modified characteristics may suggest how different traits are …

Parasite infections often induce a reduction in host immune response either because of a
direct manipulation of the immune system by the parasite or because of energy depletion …

Shared parasites can strongly influence the outcome of competition between congeneric,
sympatric hosts, and thus host population dynamics. Parasite-mediated competition is …

Complex life cycle helminths use their intermediate hosts as both a source of nutrients and
as transportation. There is an assumed trade-off between these functions in that parasite …

It is generally assumed that resistance to parasitism entails costs. Consequently, hosts
evolving in the absence of parasites are predicted to invest less in costly resistance …

For organisms with a complex life cycle, a large larval size is generally beneficial, but it may
come at the expense of prolonged development. Individuals that grow fast may avoid this …

Parasites with complex life cycles regularly alter host traits in their own interest. In social
hosts, phenotypic alterations induced by parasites can also affect uninfected group …