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Parasites and host life-history traits: implications for community ecology and species co-existence

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Most of the evidence for a key role of parasites in structuring communities is based on the idea of a di€erential susceptibilityof 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 thepotential to indirectly alter the life-history traits of their hosts, such as developmental time or dispersal. We discuss the idea thatthese indirect e€ects could inØuence the structure of free-living and parasite communities. We explore this idea in relation torelated concepts including `parasitic arbitration' and engineering processes.
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hal-02529481 , version 1 (28-03-2024)

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Frédéric Thomas, Jean-François Guégan, Yannis Michalakis, François Renaud. Parasites and host life-history traits: implications for community ecology and species co-existence. International Journal for Parasitology, 2000, 30 (5), pp.669-674. ⟨10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00040-0⟩. ⟨hal-02529481⟩

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