Parasites in ecological communities: from interactions to ecosystems

464 Pages·2011·7.989 MB·English

by  Dunn, Alison M.;Hatcher, Melanie J

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Parasites in Ecological Communities
From Interactions to Ecosystems
Interactions between competitors, predators and their prey have traditionally
beenviewedasthefoundationofcommunitystructure.Parasites–longignored
in community ecology – are now recognised as playing an important part in
influencingspeciesinteractionsandconsequentlyaffectingecosystemfunction.
Parasitism can interact with other ecologicaldrivers,resultinginboth detri-
mental and beneficial effects on biodiversity and ecosystem health. Species
interactions involving parasites are also key to understanding many biological
invasionsandemerginginfectiousdiseases.Thisbookbridgesthegapbetween
communityecologyandepidemiologytocreateawide-rangingexaminationof
howparasitesandpathogensaffectallaspectsofecologicalcommunities,enab-
lingthenewgenerationofecologiststoincludeparasitesasakeyconsideration
in their studies.
This comprehensive guide to a newly emerging field is of relevance to
academics, practitioners and graduates in biodiversity, conservation and popu-
lation management, and animaland humanhealth.
melanie j. hatcher isVisitingResearchFellow,SchoolofBiology,Univer-
sity of Bristol, UK, and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Integrative and
ComparativeBiology, University of Leeds,UK.
alison m. dunn is Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Institute of Integrative
and Comparative Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of
Leeds, UK.
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Parasites in Ecological
Communities
From Interactions to Ecosystems
MELANIE J. HATCHER
UniversityofBristol,UK
ALISON M. DUNN
UniversityofLeeds,UK
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Contents
Acknowledgements page xii
List of abbreviations xiv
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Concepts from epidemiology 5
1.2 Concepts from community ecology 9
1.3 Parasites 12
1.4 Aims of this book 17
2 Parasites and competitors 20
2.1 Introduction 20
2.1.1 Parasitism in modules of competition 21
2.2 One-host–one-parasite systems 22
2.2.1 Population dynamics 23
2.2.2 Competitive release 30
2.3 Apparent competition 32
2.3.1 Baseline theory 32
2.3.2 Implications for biological control 37
2.3.3 Empirical evidence for apparent competition 39
2.4 Parasite-mediated competition 49
2.4.1 Specialist parasite-mediated competition 49
2.4.2 Shared parasite-mediated competition 50
2.5 Parasite-modified competition 56
2.6 Examples from conservation and management 59
2.6.1 Red squirrels, grey squirrels and poxvirus 59
2.6.2 Grey partridge, pheasants and nematodes 63
2.6.3 White-tailed deer, moose and brainworm 66
2.6.4 Red grouse, deer, mountain hare, sheep and
louping ill virus 68
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2.7 Competition between parasites 72
2.7.1 Competition for resources 77
2.7.2 Apparent and host-mediated competition 78
2.7.3 Coinfections and trait-mediated indirect effects 81
2.8 Conclusions 86
3 Parasites and predators 90
3.1 Introduction 90
3.1.1 Overview of predation modules 90
3.2 Parasites of prey with specialist predators 92
3.2.1 Baseline theory 92
3.2.2 Empirical examples 100
3.3 Parasites of prey with generalist predators 104
3.3.1 Baseline theory 104
3.3.2 Empirical examples 107
3.3.3 Evolutionary dynamics and predation 115
3.4 Parasites of predators 118
3.4.1 Baseline theory 118
3.4.2 Empirical examples 119
3.5 Parasites of predators and prey 123
3.5.1 Patterns and evolution of manipulation and
trophic transmission 124
3.5.2 Theoretical impacts on populations and
communities 126
3.6 Applications: predator control and harvesting 129
3.6.1 Do predators keep the herds healthy? 129
3.6.2 Biological control 133
3.6.3 Harvesting infected populations 135
3.7 Conclusions 138
4 Parasites and intraguild predation 141
4.1 Introduction 141
4.1.1 Parasitism and IGP 142
4.1.2 Predictions from basic IGP theory 143
4.2 Ecological significance of IGP 145
4.3 IGP as a unifying framework for competition and
predation 149
4.4 Parasites intrinsic to IGP 151
4.4.1 IGP in trophic transmission 152
4.4.2 Parasites and IGP in biological control 155