Stunt Ranch Santa Monica Mountains Reserve

16 Jul, 08 AM - 22 Jul, 03 AM

Parasitism is the most common consumer strategy among organisms, yet we remain largely ignorant of the impact parasites have on ecology and evolution. A recent study that quantified the total biomass in three estuarine systems found that parasite biomass exceeded the biomass of top predators within the system. As biologists begin to put parasites into an ecological and evolutionary context, fundamental questions arise regarding the way they interact with the world. Do parasites follow the same ecological rules as other organisms? How do parasites affect other trophic levels? How do these interactions shape the evolution of species and ecological communities and to what degree does the evolution of parasite communities reflect the evolutionary history of their hosts?

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Parasites of Deer Mice

graduate_student - Duke University

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