Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium in Populations and Metapopulations
- Part II Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium in Communities
- 4 The paradox of the plankton
- 5 A burning issue: community stability and alternative stable states in relation to fire
- 6 Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish
- 7 Ectoparasites of small mammals: interactive saturated and unsaturated communities
- 8 A macroecological approach to the equilibrial vs. nonequilibrial debate using bird populations and communities
- Part III Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium on Geographical Scales
- Part IV Latitudinal Gradients
- Part V Effects Due to Invading Species, Habitat Loss and Climate Change
- Part VI Autecological Studies
- Part VII An Overall View
- Index
- References
7 - Ectoparasites of small mammals: interactive saturated and unsaturated communities
from Part II - Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium in Communities
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium in Populations and Metapopulations
- Part II Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium in Communities
- 4 The paradox of the plankton
- 5 A burning issue: community stability and alternative stable states in relation to fire
- 6 Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish
- 7 Ectoparasites of small mammals: interactive saturated and unsaturated communities
- 8 A macroecological approach to the equilibrial vs. nonequilibrial debate using bird populations and communities
- Part III Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium on Geographical Scales
- Part IV Latitudinal Gradients
- Part V Effects Due to Invading Species, Habitat Loss and Climate Change
- Part VI Autecological Studies
- Part VII An Overall View
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
Parasites of different species often co-occur on a host individual or host population forming a community. Spatial distribution of parasite communities is fragmented among host individuals, among host species within a location, and among locations. To distinguish between scales, a hierarchical terminology has been proposed (Esch et al., 1990; Combes, 2001; Poulin, 2007). In this chapter, I will refer to an assemblage of parasites of all species infesting an individual host as an infracommunity, to an assemblage of parasites of all species infesting a host population as a component community and to an assemblage of parasites of all species infesting a host community as a compound community.
There are at least two principal differences between infracommunities and communities at higher hierarchical levels. First, the former are short-living by definition, while the latter persist much longer. Second, parasite species in infracommunities may exert selective pressures on each other, which then induce the selection of traits that limit competition by separating niches (Holmes & Price, 1986). In contrast, interspecific interactions in component and compound communities are less likely. It is thus not surprising that studies of parasite community structure were focused mainly on infracommunities, while component and compound communities have received less attention.
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