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| Title |
Does moving up a food chain increase aggregation in parasites?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsif.2016.0102 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
R J G Lester, R McVinish |
| Abstract |
General laws in ecological parasitology are scarce. Here, we evaluate data on numbers of fish parasites published by over 200 authors to determine whether acquiring parasites via prey is associated with an increase in parasite aggregation. Parasite species were grouped taxonomically to produce 20 or more data points per group as far as possible. Most parasites that remained at one trophic level were less aggregated than those that had passed up a food chain. We use a stochastic model to show that high parasite aggregation in predators can be solely the result of the accumulation of parasites in their prey. The model is further developed to show that a change in the predators feeding behaviour with age may further increase parasite aggregation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 | 29% |
| Norway | 1 | 14% |
| Italy | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Scientists | 2 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 35 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 35 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 14% |
| Researcher | 5 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 14% |
| Professor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Unknown | 9 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 40% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 14% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 12 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. 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 21 July 2016.
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#7,236,328
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Outputs from Journal of The Royal Society Interface
#1,748
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#102,539
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of The Royal Society Interface
#32
of 57 outputs
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