Host-parasite interactions
A recent focus in the lab
has been the influence of host-parasite interactions on ecology and evolution.
This work started as a collaboration with McGill Professors Marilyn Scott and Gregor Fussmann and
Dalhousie Professor Paul Bentzen. It
has, of course, been carried forward by the various students we have taken together
as can be seen in the papers listed below. Most of the work focuses on the
guppy-Gyrodactylus
system (see the cool video below); but, in collaboration with PhD student
Victor Frankel and STRI scientist Mark
Torchin, we are also working on invasive host-parasite communities in
Panama.
1.
Pérez-Jvostov,
F., A.P. Hendry, G.F. Fussmann, and M.E. Scott. 2017.
Experimental assessment in nature of the ecological effects of a specialist
parasite. Copeia. In press.
2.
Jacquin,
L., S. M. Reader, A. Boniface, J. Mateluna, I. Patalas, F. Pérez-Jvostov, and A.P. Hendry. 2016. Parallel
and non-parallel behavioural evolution in response to parasitism and predation
in Trinidadian guppies. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology 29:1406-1422. PDF
3.
Pérez-Jvostov,
F., A.P. Hendry, G.F. Fussmann, and M.E. Scott. 2016. An experimental test of
antagonistic effects of competition and parasitism on host performance in
semi-natural mesocosms. Oikos
125:790-796. PDF.
4.
Dargent,
F., G. Rolshausen, A.P. Hendry, M. E. Scott, and G. F. Fussmann. 2016. Parting
ways: parasite release in nature leads to sex-specific evolution of defense. Journal of Evolutionary Biology
29:23–34. PDF
5.
Frankel,
V.M., A.P. Hendry, G. Rolshausen, and M.E. Torchin. 2015. Host preference of an
introduced ‘generalist’ parasite for a non-native host. International Journal of Parasitology 45:703-709. PDF
6.
Pérez-Jvostov,
F., A.P. Hendry, G.F. Fussmann, and M.E. Scott. 2015. Testing for host-parasite
local adaptation: an experiment with Gyrodactylus ectoparasites and guppy hosts. International Journal of Parasitology
45:409–417. PDF
7.
Dargent,
F., M.E. Scott, A.P. Hendry, and G.F. Fussmann. 2013. Experimental elimination
of parasites in nature leads to the evolution of increased resistance in hosts.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Biological Sciences 280:20132371. PDF
8.
Gotanda, K.M.,
L.C. DeLaire, J.A.M. Raeymaekers,
F. Pérez-Jvostov, F. Dargent, P. Bentzen, M.E. Scott, G.F. Fussmann, and A.P.
Hendry. 2013. Adding parasites to the guppy-predation story: insights from
field surveys. Oecologia
172:155-166. PDF
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