Search Results - "Cáceres, Carla E."

Success, failure and ambiguity of the dilution effect among competitors by Strauss, Alexander T, Civitello, David J, Cáceres, Carla E, Hall, Spencer R, Seabloom, Eric

“…It remains challenging to predict variation in the magnitude of disease outbreaks. The dilution effect seeks to explain this variation by linking multiple host…”
Get full text

Within-host complexity of a plankton-parasite interaction by Merrill, Tara E. Stewart, Cáceres, Carla E.

Get full text

Parasite exposure and host susceptibility jointly drive the emergence of epidemics by Merrill, Tara E. Stewart, Hall, Spencer R., Cáceres, Carla E.

“…Parasite transmission is thought to depend on both parasite exposure and host susceptibility to infection; however, the relative contribution of these two…”
Get full text

"Resistance Is Futile": Weaker Selection for Resistance by Abundant Parasites Increases Prevalence and Depresses Host Density by Walsman, Jason C, Duffy, Meghan A, Cáceres, Carla E, Hall, Spencer R

“…AbstractTheory often predicts that host populations should evolve greater resistance when parasites become abundant. Furthermore, that evolutionary response…”
Get more information

Predation differentially structures immature mosquito populations in stormwater ponds by Holmes, Christopher J., Cáceres, Carla E.

“…1. Understanding the factors underlying the abundance and distribution of species requires the consideration of a complex suite of interacting biotic and…”
Get full text

Effect of Larval Competition on Extrinsic Incubation Period and Vectorial Capacity of Aedes albopictus for Dengue Virus by Bara, Jeffrey, Rapti, Zoi, Cáceres, Carla E, Muturi, Ephantus J

“…Despite the growing awareness that larval competition can influence adult mosquito life history traits including susceptibility to pathogens, the net effect of…”
Get full text

Shedding light on environmentally transmitted parasites: lighter conditions within lakes restrict epidemic size by Shaw, Clara L., Hall, Spencer R., Overholt, Erin P., Cáceres, Carla E., Williamson, Craig E., Duffy, Meghan A.

“…Parasite fitness depends on a successful journey from one host to another. For parasites that are transmitted environmentally, abiotic conditions might…”
Get full text

Microbial communities of container aquatic habitats shift in response to Culex restuans larvae by Muturi, Ephantus J, Dunlap, Christopher, Caceres, Carla E

“…ABSTRACT We examined how larvae of Culex restuans mosquito influences the bacterial abundance, composition and diversity in simulated container aquatic…”
Get full text

Variation in contact chemical cues may mediate differential predator response in the colour polymorphic tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans by Strickland, Lynette R., Windsor, Donald, Cáceres, Carla E.

“…Differential predation on species with intraspecific colour variation has been explored in various systems and is often implicated as the driving force behind…”
Get full text

Blood meal source and mixed blood-feeding influence gut bacterial community composition in Aedes aegypti by Muturi, Ephantus J, Njoroge, Teresia M, Dunlap, Christopher, Cáceres, Carla E

“…The guts of blood-sucking insects host a community of bacteria that can shift dramatically in response to biotic and abiotic factors. Identifying the key…”
Get full text

Variation in Immune Defense Shapes Disease Outcomes in Laboratory and Wild Daphnia by Stewart Merrill, Tara E, Hall, Spencer R, Merrill, Loren, Cáceres, Carla E

“…Abstract Host susceptibility may be critical for the spread of infectious disease, and understanding its basis is a goal of ecological immunology. Here, we…”
Get full text

Temperature Drives Epidemics in a Zooplankton-Fungus Disease System: A Trait-Driven Approach Points to Transmission via Host Foraging by Shocket, Marta S., Strauss, Alexander T., Hite, Jessica L., Šljivar, Maja, Civitello, David J., Duffy, Meghan A., Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R.

“…Climatic warming will likely have idiosyncratic impacts on infectious diseases, causing some to increase while others decrease or shift geographically. A…”
Get full text

Habitat, predators, and hosts regulate disease in Daphnia through direct and indirect pathways by Strauss, Alexander T., Shocket, Marta S., Civitello, David J., Hite, Jessica L., Penczykowski, Rachel M., Duffy, Meghan A., Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R.

“…Community ecology can link habitat to disease via interactions among habitat, focal hosts, other hosts, their parasites, and predators. However, complicated…”
Get full text

Causes and consequences of microbiome formation in mosquito larvae by Schwing, Cameron D., Holmes, Christopher J., Muturi, Ephantus J., Dunlap, Christopher, Holmes, Jessica R., Cáceres, Carla E.

“…The assembly of host‐associated microbial communities is influenced by multiple factors, but the effect of microbiomes on host phenotypes is often not well…”
Get full text

The evolution of reproductive isolation in Daphnia by Chin, Tiffany A, Cáceres, Carla E, Cristescu, Melania E

“…The process by which populations evolve to become new species involves the emergence of various reproductive isolating barriers (RIB). Despite major…”
Get full text

Genotypic variation in parasite avoidance behaviour and other mechanistic, nonlinear components of transmission by Strauss, Alexander T, Hite, Jessica L, Civitello, David J, Shocket, Marta S, Cáceres, Carla E, Hall, Spencer R

“…Traditional epidemiological models assume that transmission increases proportionally to the density of parasites. However, empirical data frequently contradict…”
Get full text

Heterocypris incongruens maintains an egg bank in stormwater habitats and influences the development of larval mosquito, Culex restuans by Trujillo, Jacqueline, Schwing, Cameron D., Muturi, Ephantus J., Cáceres, Carla E.

“…Dormant propagules can provide a rapid colonization source for temporary aquatic habitats and set the trajectory for community dynamics, yet the egg banks of…”
Get full text

Genotypic variation in an ecologically important parasite is associated with host species, lake and spore size by Shaw, Clara L., Bilich, Rebecca, O'Brien, Bruce, Cáceres, Carla E., Hall, Spencer R., James, Timothy Y., Duffy, Meghan A.

“…Genetic variation in parasites has important consequences for host–parasite interactions. Prior studies of the ecologically important parasite Metschnikowia…”
Get full text

A potential role for overdominance in the maintenance of colour variation in the Neotropical tortoise beetle, Chelymorpha alternans by Strickland, Lynette R., Fuller, Rebecca C., Windsor, Donald, Cáceres, Carla E.

“…The presence of persistent polymorphisms within natural populations elicits the question of how such polymorphisms are maintained. All else equal, genetic…”
Get full text

Resource Ecology of Virulence in a Planktonic Host‐Parasite System: An Explanation Using Dynamic Energy Budgets by Hall, Spencer R., Simonis, Joseph L., Nisbet, Roger M., Tessier, Alan J., Cáceres, Carla E.

“…Parasites steal resources that a host would otherwise direct toward its own growth and reproduction. We use this fundamental notion to explain…”
Get full text