Invaders, natives and their enemies: distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany

Invaders, natives and their enemies: distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany

Abstract Background The amphipod and microsporidian diversity in freshwaters of a heterogeneous urban region in Germany was assessed. Indigenous and non-indigenous host species provide an ideal framework to test general hypotheses on potentially new host-parasite interactions, parasite spillback and...

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Main Authors: Daniel S. Grabner, Alexander M. Weigand, Florian Leese, Caroline Winking, Daniel Hering, Ralph Tollrian, Bernd Sures
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Invasive amphipods
DNA barcoding
Microspora
Parasite spillover
Spillback
Enemy release
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1036-6

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