Evidence is accumulating rapidly showing that temperature and other climatic variables are driving many ecological processes. At the same time, recent research has highlighted the role of parasitism in the dynamics of animal populations and the structure of animal communities. Here, the likely interactions between climate change and parasitism are discussed in the context of intertidal ecosyste...

Accurate inferences on population genetics data require a sound underlying theoretical null model. Organisms alternating sexual and asexual reproduction during their life-cycle have been largely neglected in theoretical population genetic models, thus limiting the biological interpretation of population genetics parameters measured in natural populations. In this article, we derive the expectat...

Two major phyla are responsible for human disease: Nemathelminthes (roundworms) and Platyhelminthes (flatworms). Nematodes are categorized by their migration route. Enterobius and Trichuris are found intraintestinally, whereas filarial worms live in tissue and lymphatics. Platyhelminthes is further divided into two classes: cestodes, or tapeworms; and trematodes, or flukes. Nemathelminthes (Rou...

A combined and updated checklist of helminth and protozoan parasites of birds in New Zealand is provided. This checklist, which is divided into two parts, includes a total of 203 parasites (68 nematodes, 40 cestodes, 44 trematodes, 11 acanthocephalans and 40 protozoans) from 116 hosts.