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| Title |
Parasitism and the Biodiversity-Functioning Relationship
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.tree.2018.01.011 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
André Frainer, Brendan G McKie, Per-Arne Amundsen, Rune Knudsen, Kevin D Lafferty |
| Abstract |
Species interactions can influence ecosystem functioning by enhancing or suppressing the activities of species that drive ecosystem processes, or by causing changes in biodiversity. However, one important class of species interactions - parasitism - has been little considered in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BD-EF) research. Parasites might increase or decrease ecosystem processes by reducing host abundance. Parasites could also increase trait diversity by suppressing dominant species or by increasing within-host trait diversity. These different mechanisms by which parasites might affect ecosystem function pose challenges in predicting their net effects. Nonetheless, given the ubiquity of parasites, we propose that parasite-host interactions should be incorporated into the BD-EF framework. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 18% |
| Norway | 1 | 9% |
| Brazil | 1 | 9% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| Italy | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 45% |
| Scientists | 5 | 45% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 334 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 334 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 60 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 51 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 13% |
| Researcher | 35 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 55 | 16% |
| Unknown | 71 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 126 | 38% |
| Environmental Science | 63 | 19% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 5% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 9 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 6 | 2% |
| Other | 23 | 7% |
| Unknown | 90 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 April 2018.
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#6,278,831
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Outputs from Trends in Ecology & Evolution
#1,969
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#124,140
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Outputs of similar age from Trends in Ecology & Evolution
#19
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