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The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal.

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Lion, S; van Baalen, M; Wilson, WG
Published in: Proceedings. Biological sciences
May 2006

We investigate the evolution of manipulation of host dispersal behaviour by parasites using spatially explicit individual-based simulations. We find that when dispersal is local, parasites always gain from increasing their hosts' dispersal rate, although the evolutionary outcome is determined by the costs-to-benefits ratio. However, when dispersal can be non-local, we show that parasites investing in an intermediate dispersal distance of their hosts are favoured even when the manipulation is not costly, due to the intrinsic spatial dynamics of the host-parasite interaction. Our analysis highlights the crucial importance of ecological spatial dynamics in evolutionary processes and reveals the theoretical possibility that parasites could manipulate their hosts' dispersal.

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Proceedings. Biological sciences

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EISSN

1471-2954

ISSN

0962-8452

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

273

Issue

1590

Start / End Page

1063 / 1071

Related Subject Headings

  • Stochastic Processes
  • Spatial Behavior
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Parasites
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Biological Evolution
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Animals
  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • 41 Environmental sciences
 

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Lion, S., van Baalen, M., & Wilson, W. G. (2006). The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 273(1590), 1063–1071. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3412
Lion, Sébastien, Minus van Baalen, and William G. Wilson. “The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal.Proceedings. Biological Sciences 273, no. 1590 (May 2006): 1063–71. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2005.3412.
Lion S, van Baalen M, Wilson WG. The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal. Proceedings Biological sciences. 2006 May;273(1590):1063–71.
Lion, Sébastien, et al. “The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal.Proceedings. Biological Sciences, vol. 273, no. 1590, May 2006, pp. 1063–71. Epmc, doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3412.
Lion S, van Baalen M, Wilson WG. The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal. Proceedings Biological sciences. 2006 May;273(1590):1063–1071.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proceedings. Biological sciences

DOI

EISSN

1471-2954

ISSN

0962-8452

Publication Date

May 2006

Volume

273

Issue

1590

Start / End Page

1063 / 1071

Related Subject Headings

  • Stochastic Processes
  • Spatial Behavior
  • Parasitic Diseases
  • Parasites
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Biological Evolution
  • Behavior, Animal
  • Animals
  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • 41 Environmental sciences