Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) increasingly threaten global food security and public
health. Despite technological breakthroughs, we are losing the battle with (re) emerging …

Host specificity encompasses the range and diversity of host species that a parasite is
capable of infecting and is considered a crucial measure of a parasite's potential to shift …

Pesticide resistance development is an example of rapid contemporary evolution that poses
immense challenges for agriculture. It typically evolves due to the strong directional …

Understanding the history and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics,
taxonomy and classification of living things) is key to successful practice of the discipline. In …

Phylogenomic approaches have recently helped elucidate various insect relationships, but
large-scale comprehensive analyses on relationships within sawflies and woodwasps are …

Parasites with low host specificity (eg infecting a large diversity of host species) are of
special interest in disease ecology, as they are likely more capable of circumventing …

Background Anaplasma phagocytophilum is currently regarded as a single species.
However, molecular studies indicate that it can be subdivided into ecotypes, each with …

Phoresy is a type of interaction in which one species, the phoront, uses another species, the
dispersal host, for transportation to new habitats or resources. Despite being a widespread …

A fundamental question in evolutionary biology is how microevolutionary processes
translate into species diversification. Cophylogeny provides an appropriate framework to …

Climate change, emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and food security create a dangerous
nexus. Habitat interfaces, assumed to be efficient buffers, are being disrupted by human …