(2008). Homage to Linnaeus: how many parasites? How many hosts? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(Suppl), 11482-11489.Dobson A, Lafferty KD, Kuris AM, Hechinger RF, Jetz W (2008) Homage to Linnaeus: how many pa...
Drawing on the intricate neurological processes and disorders that shape and misshape our conscious experience, on the behavior-altering effects various parasites have on their hosts, and on her own experience of staggering changes in preference, habit, and temperament on the hormon...
Visceral leishmaniasis occurs when the parasites migrate to the viscera, enlarging organs such as the kidneys and spleen and eventually killing the host if untreated.Answer and Explanation: There are estimated to be 1.5 to 2 million new cases of leishmaniasis annually, worldwide. The majority of ...
Mathevon discusses some of the theoretical underpinnings of Krause's idea of how and why soundscapes are structured. There are many, many other topics and experiments that Mathevon discusses here, such as acoustic communication in birds, crocodiles, and underwater. He discusses how vocalisations are...
Finally, the parasite theory. Well, one thing that's typical of parasites is that their populations are not very large. Parasite populations have to stay within certain limits, because if there were too many parasites, they would kill off the host organisms they live on. But we're pretty ...
To assess the current bee occurrences of wild and honeybees in urbanized and protected areas of a Central European city, we focused on the ecological similarities between honeybees and wild bees. We compiled an inventory of 462 wild bee species documented since 1990 in Vienna (Austria) and ...
How many species are in the class Osteichthyes?Class Osteichthyes:Species in the class Osteichthyes are more commonly known as bony fish. They have paired limbs, calciferous bones, scales, jaws, and gills. They are what most people think of when they imagine a fish....
At present there are approximately 11 500 known species of copepods. The number of species described during the past 27 years is nearly two-thirds of all those described in the previous 100 years. Approximately one-third of marine copepod species are parasites or associates, nearly equally ...
Some parasites can lie dormant for extended periods of time. This can make the diagnosis of parasitic infestation challenging as there may be no symptoms, or symptoms can be vague and non-specific. The good news is we have very good medications to treat many different kinds of parasites once...
Below the waves it was a different story. The storm had denuded reefs up to a depth of 30 metres. Coral in the shallows was decimated. Cleaning stations on Monad Shoal, home to wrasses that rid the thresher sharks of parasites each morning (the reason sigh...