Parasites

Age-prevalence curves in a multi-species parasite community featured image

Age-prevalence curves in a multi-species parasite community

The relationship between infection prevalence and host age is informative because it can reveal processes underlying disease dynamics. Most prior work has assumed that …

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Dan Preston
Trematode parasites exceed aquatic insect biomass in Oregon stream food webs featured image

Trematode parasites exceed aquatic insect biomass in Oregon stream food webs

Although parasites are increasingly recognized for their ecosystem roles, it is often assumed that free-living organisms dominate animal biomass in most ecosystems and therefore …

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Dan Preston