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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 669-674Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00040-0
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community ecology; life-history traits; parasites
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Most of the evidence for a key role of parasites in structuring communities is based on the idea of a differential susceptibility of host species to infection and its consequences. Recent advances in community ecology suggest that life-history traits of free-living species can be an important determinant of their co-existence within communities. On the other hand, parasites have the potential to indirectly alter the life-history traits of their hosts, such as developmental time or dispersal. We discuss the idea that these indirect effects could influence the structure of free-living and parasite communities. We explore this idea in relation to related concepts including 'parasitic arbitration' and engineering processes. (C) 2000 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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