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An ecological law and its macroecological consequences as revealed by studies of relationships between host densities and parasite prevalence

Epidemiological models predict a positive relationship between host population density and abundance of macroparasites. Here I test these by a comparative study. I used data on communities of four groups of parasites inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, nematodes of the orders Oxyurida, Ascarida, Enoplida and Spirurida, respectively. The data came from 44 mammalian species and represent examination of 16 886 individual hosts.

A Phase of Bold Growth

A Phase of Bold Growth. A Letter from the Director

Host population density and body mass as determinants of species richness in parasite communities: Comparative analyses of directly transmitted nematodes of mammals

Report of the Second Meeting of the Mammal Subgroup of the Towards a Global Database of Terrestrial Vertebrate Distributions Working Group, 4-7 February 2002

Active adaptive management in insect pest and weed control: Intervention with a plan for learning

The long and short of food-chain length

Climate warming and disease risks for terrestrial and marine biota

Spatially extensive, high resolution images of rocky shore communities

The vivid spatial patterns of communities on rocky shores have long served as inspiration for ecological thought. Vertical zonation of mussels and barnacles, to cite a prominent example, is a focal point of the keystone predator and refuge hypotheses.

History and current development of a paradigm of predation in rocky intertidal communities

The shifting balance of littoral predator-prey interactions in regimes of hydrodynamic stress