ReviewEcoHealth2017
Parasites as Drivers and Passengers of Human-Mediated Biological Invasions.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Metazoan parasites of Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède 1802) (Perciformes, Centrarchidae): a review with evidences of spillover and spillback.Parasitology research · 2018Pooled it
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- Each coin has 2 sides: a positive role of alienCurrent zoology · 2024Article
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- Host and geographic barriers shape the competition, coexistence, and extinction patterns of influenza A (H1N1) viruses.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- The spreading of the invasive sacred ibis in Italy.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Behavior of the Avian ParasiteJournal of insect behavior · 2021Article
- Invasive alien species and disease risk: An open challenge in public and animal health.PLoS pathogens · 2020Review
- Trypanosomatids Detected in the Invasive Avian ParasiteInsects · 2020Article
- Towards a more healthy conservation paradigm: integrating disease and molecular ecology to aid biological conservationJournal of genetics · 2020Review
- Genetic diversity and parasite facilitated establishment of the invasive signal crayfish (Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
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- Impacts of crustacean invasions on parasite dynamics in aquatic ecosystems: A plea for parasite-focused studies.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2017Review
- Variations in infection levels and parasite-induced mortality among sympatric cryptic lineages of native amphipods and a congeneric invasive species: Are native hosts always losing?International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2017Article
- Alien Parasites May Survive Even if Their Original Hosts Do Not.EcoHealth · 2017Article
- Evolutionary dynamics of tree invasions: complementing the unified framework for biological invasions.AoB PLANTS · 2017Article
- Ecological disequilibrium drives insect pest and pathogen accumulation in non-native trees.AoB PLANTS · 2017Review
- Alien species as a driver of recent extinctions.Biology letters · 2016Article
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Abstract
We provide an overview of the current state of knowledge of parasites in biological invasions by alien species. Parasites have frequently been invoked as drivers of invasions, but have received less attention as invasion passengers. The evidence to date that parasites drive invasions by hosts is weak: while there is abundant evidence that parasites have effects in the context of alien invasions, there is little evidence to suggest that parasites have differential effects on alien species that succeed versus fail in the invasion process. Particular case studies are suggestive but not yet informative about general effects. What evidence there is for parasites as aliens suggests that the same kind of factors determine their success as for non-parasites. Thus, availability is likely to be an important determinant of the probability of translocation. Establishment and spread are likely to depend on propagule pressure and on the environment being suitable (all necessary hosts and vectors are present); the likelihood of both of these dependencies being favourable will be affected by traits relating to parasite life history and demography. The added complication for the success of parasites as aliens is that often this will depend on the success of their hosts. We discuss how these conclusions help us to understand the likely effects of parasites on the success of establishing host populations (alien or native).
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