Parasite dynamics in an invaded ecosystem: helminth communities of native wood mice are impacted by the invasive bank vole

• Published in: Parasitology Vol. 144; no. 11; pp. 1476 - 1489
• Main Authors: LOXTON, KAREN C., LAWTON, COLIN, STAFFORD, PETER, HOLLAND, CELIA V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Animals; Aonchotheca murissylvatici; Apodemus sylvaticus; Arvicolinae; Arvicolinae - physiology; Biological effects; Biota; Clethrionomys glareolus; Communities; Community structure; Dilution; Dynamics; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystems; Female; Helminthiasis, Animal - parasitology; Helminths - physiology; Host-Parasite Interactions; Introduced Species; Ireland - epidemiology; Laboratory animals; Male; Mice; Mitochondrial DNA; Murinae - parasitology; Myodes glareolus; Nature; Nonnative species; Parasites; Parasitology; Population; Rodent Diseases - epidemiology; Rodent Diseases - parasitology; Rodents; Stroma; Syphacia stroma; Taenia martis; Apodemus sylvaticus; invasive species; Myodes glareolus; helminth community dynamics

It is becoming increasingly evident that biological invasions result in altered disease dynamics in invaded ecosystems, with knock-on effects for native host communities. We investigated disease dynamics in an invaded ecosystem, using the helminth communities of the native wood mouse (Apodemus sylva...