Publications

2012

Poulin, R., C.A. Blanar, D.W. Thieltges, and D.J. Marcogliese. 2012. Scaling up from epidemiology to biogeography: local infection patterns predict geographical distribution in fish parasites. Journal of Biogeography 39: 1157-1166 [PDF]

Neal, A.T., and R. Poulin. 2012. Substratum preference of Philophthalmus sp. cercariae for cyst formation under natural and experimental conditions. Journal of Parasitology 98: 293-298 [PDF]

Herrmann, K.K., and R. Poulin. 2012. The missing host hypothesis: do chemical cues from predators induce life cycle truncation of trematodes within their fish host? Journal of Fish Biology 80: 816-830 [PDF]

Peoples, R.C., H.S. Randhawa, and R. Poulin. 2012. Parasites of polychaetes and their impact on host survival in Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 92: 449-455 [PDF]

Moir, M.L., P.A. Vesk, K.E.C. Brennan, R. Poulin, L. Hughes, D.A. Keith, M.A. McCarthy, and D.J. Coates. 2012. Considering extinction of dependent species during translocation, ex situ conservation, and assisted migration of threatened hosts. Conservation Biology 26: 199-207 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., M.A. Fortuna, D. Mouillot, I.S. Khokhlova, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2012. Phylogenetic signal in module composition and species connectivity in compartmentalized host-parasite networks. American Naturalist 179: 501-511 [PDF]

Studer, A., M.D. Lamare, and R. Poulin. 2012. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the transmission process of an intertidal trematode parasite. Parasitology 139: 537-546 [PDF]

Herrmann, K.K., and R. Poulin. 2012. Geographic variation in life cycle strategies of a progenetic trematode. Journal of Parasitology 98: 103-110 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, I.S. Khokhlova, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2012. Compositional and phylogenetic dissimilarity of host communities drives dissimilarity of ectoparasite assemblages: geographical variation and scale-dependence. Parasitology 139: 338-347 [PDF]

Krkošek, M., B.M. Connors, M.A. Lewis, and R. Poulin. 2012. Allee effects may slow down the spread of parasites in a coastal marine ecosystem. American Naturalist 179: 401-412 [PDF]

Koehler, A.V., and R. Poulin. 2012. Clone-specific immune reactions in a trematode-crustacean system. Parasitology 139: 128-136 [PDF]

Studer, A., and R. Poulin. 2012. Effects of salinity on an intertidal host-parasite system: is the parasite more sensitive than its host? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 412: 110-116 [PDF]

Blasco-Costa, I., J.M. Waters, and R. Poulin. 2012. Swimming against the current: genetic structure, host mobility and the drift paradox in trematode parasites. Molecular Ecology 21: 207-217 [PDF]

Koehler, A.V., Y.P. Springer, H.S. Randhawa, T.L.F. Leung, D.B. Keeney, and R. Poulin. 2012. Genetic and phenotypic influences on clone-level success and host specialization in a generalist parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 66-79 [PDF]

2011

Thieltges, D.W., C. Hof, M.K. Borregaard, D.M. Dehling, M. Brändle, R. Brandl, and R. Poulin. 2011. Range size patterns in European freshwater trematodes. Ecography 34: 982-989 [PDF]

Bates, A.E., F. Leiterer, M. L. Wiedeback, and R. Poulin. 2011. Parasitized snails take the heat: a case of host manipulation? Oecologia 167: 613-621 [PDF]

Zander, C.D., N. Josten, K.C. Detloff, R. Poulin, J.P. McLaughlin, and D.W. Thieltges. 2011. Food web including metazoan parasites for a brackish shallow water ecosystem in Germany and Denmark. Ecology 92: 2007 [PDF] [Ecological Archives E092-174]

Mouritsen, K.N., R. Poulin, J.P. McLaughlin, and D.W. Thieltges. 2011. Food web including metazoan parasites for an intertidal ecosystem in New Zealand. Ecology 92: 2006 [PDF] [Ecological Archives E092-173]

Thieltges, D.W., K. Reise, K.N. Mouritsen, J.P. McLaughlin, and R. Poulin. 2011. Food web including metazoan parasites for a tidal basin in Germany and Denmark. Ecology 92: 2005 [PDF] [Ecological Archives E092-172]

Lloyd, M.M., and R. Poulin. 2011. In vitro culture of marine trematodes from their snail first intermediate host. Experimental Parasitology 129: 101-106 [PDF]

Peoples, R.C., and R. Poulin. 2011. Encystment patterns and metacercarial size of an opecoelid trematode in two polychaete hosts. Parasitology Research 109: 865-870 [PDF]

Dittmer, J., A.V. Koehler, F.-J. Richard, R. Poulin, and M. Sicard. 2011. Variation of parasite load and immune parameters in two species of New Zealand shore crabs. Parasitology Research 109: 759-767 [PDF]

Thieltges, D.W., C. Hof, D.M. Dehling, M. Brändle, R. Brandl, and R. Poulin. 2011. Host diversity and latitude drive trematode diversity patterns in the European freshwater fauna. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20: 675-682 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2011. Small worms, big appetites: ratios of different functional morphs in relation to interspecific competition in trematode parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 41: 1063-1068 [PDF]

Herrmann, K.K., and R. Poulin. 2011. Encystment site affects the reproductive strategy of a progenetic trematode in its fish intermediate host: is host spawning an exit for parasite eggs? Parasitology 138: 1183-1192 [PDF]

Rauque, C.A., R.A. Paterson, R. Poulin, and D.M. Tompkins. 2011. Do different parasite species interact in their effects on host fitness? A case study on parasites of the amphipod Paracalliope fluviatilis. Parasitology 138: 1176-1182 [PDF]

Paterson, R.A., C.R. Townsend, R. Poulin, and D.M. Tompkins. 2011. Introduced brown trout alter native acanthocephalan infections in native fish. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 990-998 [PDF]

Poulin, R., B.R. Krasnov, and D. Mouillot. 2011. Host specificity in phylogenetic and geographic space. Trends in Parasitology 27: 355-361 [PDF]

Poulin, R., C.A. Blanar, D.W. Thieltges, and D.J. Marcogliese. 2011. The biogeography of parasitism in sticklebacks: distance, habitat differences and the similarity in parasite occurrence and abundance. Ecography 34: 540-551 [PDF]

Lagrue, C., D.W. Kelly, A. Hicks, and R. Poulin. 2011. Factors influencing infection patterns of trophically transmitted parasites among a fish community: host diet, host-parasite compatibility or both? Journal of Fish Biology 79: 466-485 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and T.L.F. Leung. 2011. Latitudinal gradient in the taxonomic composition of parasite communities. Journal of Helminthology 85: 228-233 [PDF]

Poulin, R., B.R. Krasnov, D. Mouillot, and D.W. Thieltges. 2011. The comparative ecology and biogeography of parasites. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366: 2379-2390 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and T.L.F. Leung. 2011. Body size, trophic level, and the use of fish as transmission routes by parasites. Oecologia 166: 731-738 [PDF]

Poulin, R., F. Guilhaumon, H.S. Randhawa, J.L. Luque, and D. Mouillot. 2011. Identifying hotspots of parasite diversity from species-area relationships: host phylogeny versus host ecology. Oikos 120: 740-747 [PDF]

Lei, F., and R. Poulin. 2011. Effects of salinity on multiplication and transmission of an intertidal trematode parasite. Marine Biology 158: 995-1003 [PDF]

Herrmann, K.K., and R. Poulin. 2011. Life cycle truncation in a trematode: does higher temperature indicate shorter host longevity? International Journal for Parasitology 41: 697-704 [PDF]

Koehler, A.V., Y.P. Springer, D.B. Keeney, and R. Poulin. 2011. Intra- and interclonal phenotypic and genetic variability of the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103: 106-116 [PDF]

Koppel, E.M., T.L.F. Leung, and R. Poulin. 2011. The marine limpet Notoacmea scapha acts as a transmission sink for intertidal cercariae in Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Journal of Helminthology 85: 160-163 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2011. Uneven distribution of cryptic diversity among higher taxa of parasitic worms. Biology Letters 7: 241-244 [PDF]

Poulin, R., R.A. Paterson, C.R. Townsend, D.M. Tompkins, and D.W. Kelly. 2011. Biological invasions and the dynamics of endemic diseases in freshwater ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 56: 676-688 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2011. Intra-host competition between co-infecting digeneans within a bivalve second intermediate host: dominance by priority-effect or taking advantage of others? International Journal for Parasitology 41: 449-454 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., R. Poulin, and D. Mouillot. 2011. Scale-dependence of phylogenetic signal in ecological traits of ectoparasites. Ecography 34: 114-122 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2011. The many roads to parasitism: a tale of convergence. Advances in Parasitology 74: 1-40 [PDF]

Koehler, A.V., A.G. Gonchar, and R. Poulin. 2011. Genetic and environmental determinants of host use in the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis (Microphallidae). Parasitology 138: 100-106 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2011. Beta-specificity: the turnover of host species in space and another way to measure host specificity. International Journal for Parasitology 41: 33-41 [PDF]

2010

Randhawa, H.S., and R. Poulin. 2010. Determinants of tapeworm species richness in elasmobranch fishes: untangling environmental and phylogenetic influences. Ecography 33: 866-877 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2010. Latitudinal gradients in parasite diversity: bridging the gap between temperate and tropical areas. Neotropical Helminthology 4: 169-177 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and T.L.F. Leung. 2010. Taxonomic resolution in parasite community studies: are things getting worse? Parasitology 137: 1967-1973 [PDF]

Koehler, A.V., and R. Poulin. 2010. Host partitioning by parasites in an intertidal crustacean community. Journal of Parasitology 96: 862-868 [PDF]

Studer, A., D.W. Thieltges, and R. Poulin. 2010. Parasites and global warming: net effects of temperature on an intertidal host-parasite system. Marine Ecology Progress Series 415: 11-22 [PDF]

Luque, J.L., F.M. Vieira, K. Herrmann, T.M. King, R. Poulin, and C. Lagrue. 2010. New evidence on a cold case: trophic transmission, distribution and host specificity in Hedruris spinigera (Nematoda: Hedruridae). Folia Parasitologica 57: 223-231 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2010. Network analysis shining light on parasite ecology and diversity. Trends in Parasitology 26: 492-498 [PDF]

Randhawa, H.S., and R. Poulin. 2010. Evolution of interspecific variation in size of attachment structures in the large tapeworm genus Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae). Parasitology 137: 1707-1720 [PDF]

Timi, J.T., A.L. Lanfranchi, and R. Poulin. 2010. Consequences of microhabitat selection for reproductive success in the parasitic copepod Neobrachiella spinicephala (Lernaeopodidae). Parasitology 137: 1687-1694 [PDF]

Thomas, F., R. Poulin, and J. Brodeur. 2010. Host manipulation by parasites: a multidimensional phenomenon. Oikos 119: 1217-1223 [PDF] Plus the follow-up paper [PDF]

Rossin, M.A., A.I. Malizia, J.T. Timi, and R. Poulin. 2010. Parasitism underground: determinants of helminth infections in two species of subterranean rodents (Octodontidae). Parasitology 137: 1569-1575 [PDF]

Neuhäuser, M., J. Kotzmann, M. Walier, and R. Poulin. 2010. The comparison of mean crowding between two groups. Journal of Parasitology 96: 477-481 [PDF]

Bates, A.E., R. Poulin, and M.D. Lamare. 2010. Spatial variation in parasite-induced mortality in an amphipod: shore height versus exposure history. Oecologia 163: 651-659 [PDF]

Vickery, W.L., and R. Poulin. 2010. The evolution of host manipulation by parasites: a game theory analysis. Evolutionary Ecology 24: 773-788 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2010. Parasite manipulation of host behavior: an update and frequently asked questions. Advances in the Study of Behavior 41: 151-186 [PDF]

Fortuna, M.A., D.B. Stouffer, J.M. Olesen, P. Jordano, D. Mouillot, B.R. Krasnov, R. Poulin, and J. Bascompte. 2010. Nestedness versus modularity in ecological networks: two sides of the same coin? Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 811-817 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2010. Deconstructing spatial patterns in species composition of ectoparasite communities: the relative contribution of host composition, environmental variables and geography. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 515-526 [PDF]

Timi, J.T., J.L. Luque, and R. Poulin. 2010. Host ontogeny and the temporal decay of similarity in parasite communities of marine fish. International Journal for Parasitology 40: 963-968 [PDF]

Johnson, P.T.J., A. Dobson, K.D. Lafferty, D.J. Marcogliese, J. Memmott, S.A. Orlofske, R. Poulin, and D.W. Thieltges. 2010. When parasites become prey: ecological and epidemiological significance of eating parasites. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 362-371 [PDF]

Thieltges, D.W., T. Dolch, M. Krakau, and R. Poulin. 2010. Salinity gradient shapes decay of similarity among parasite communities in three marine fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 76: 1806-1814 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, M.V. Vinarski, N.P. Korallo-Vinarskaya, and R. Poulin. 2010. Similarity in ectoparasite faunas of Palaearctic rodents as a function of host phylogenetic, geographic or environmental distances: which matters the most? International Journal for Parasitology 40: 807-817 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2010. The selection of experimental doses and their importance for parasite success in metacercarial infection studies. Parasitology 137: 889-898 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2010. Decay of similarity with host phylogenetic distance in parasite faunas. Parasitology 137: 733-741 [PDF]

Kelly, D.W., R. Poulin, D.M. Tompkins, and C.R. Townsend. 2010. Synergistic effects of glyphosate formulation and parasite infection on fish malformations and survival. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 498-504 [PDF]

Lagrue, C., and R. Poulin. 2010. Manipulative parasites in the world of veterinary science: implications for epidemiology and pathology. The Veterinary Journal 184: 9-13 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2010. The scaling of dose with host body mass and the determinants of success in experimental cercarial infections. International Journal for Parasitology 40: 371-377 [PDF]

Kelly, D.W., H. Thomas, D.W. Thieltges, R. Poulin, and D.M. Tompkins. 2010. Trematode infection causes malformations and population effects in a declining New Zealand fish. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 445-452 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., D.B. Keeney, and R. Poulin. 2010. Genetics, intensity-dependence, and host manipulation in the trematode Curtuteria australis: following the strategy of others? Oikos 119: 393-400 [PDF]

Coats, J., R. Poulin, and S. Nakagawa. 2010. The consequences of parasitic infections for host behavioural correlations and predictability. Behaviour 147: 367-382 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2010. Infection success of different trematode genotypes in two alternative intermediate hosts: evidence for intraspecific specialization? Parasitology 137: 321-328 [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2010. Parasitism as a determinant of community structure on intertidal flats. Marine Biology 157: 201-213 [PDF]

Vidal-Martinez, V.M., D. Pech, B. Sures, S.T. Purucker, and R. Poulin. 2010. Can parasites really reveal environmental impact? Trends in Parasitology 26: 44-51 [PDF]

2009

Keeney, D.B., T.M. King, D.L. Rowe, and R. Poulin. 2009. Contrasting mtDNA diversity and population structure in a direct-developing marine gastropod and its trematode parasites. Molecular Ecology 18: 4591-4603 [PDF]

 

Randhawa, H.S., and R. Poulin. 2009. Determinants and consequences of interspecific body size variation in tetraphyllidean tapeworms. Oecologia 161: 759-769 [PDF]

 

Thieltges, D.W., B.L. Fredensborg, A. Studer, and R. Poulin. 2009. Large-scale patterns in trematode richness and infection levels in marine crustacean hosts. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389: 139-147 [PDF]

 

Koprivnikar, J., and R. Poulin. 2009. Effects of temperature, salinity, and water level on the emergence of marine cercariae. Parasitology Research 105: 957-965 [PDF]

 

Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium (103 authors including Y. Springer, A. Koehler, and R. Poulin). 2009. Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources database 1 January 2009 — 30 April 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1375-1379 [summary article PDF] [original article PDF]

 

Kelly, D.W., R.A. Paterson, C.R. Townsend, R. Poulin, and D.M. Tompkins. 2009. Has the introduction of brown trout altered disease patterns in native New Zealand fish? Freshwater Biology 54: 1805-1818 [PDF]

 

Saldanha, I., T.L.F. Leung, and R. Poulin. 2009. Causes of intraspecific variation in body size among trematode metacercariae. Journal of Helminthology 83: 289-293 [PDF]

Kelly, D.W., R.A. Paterson, C.R. Townsend, R. Poulin, and D.M. Tompkins. 2009. Parasite spillback: a neglected concept in invasion ecology? Ecology 90: 2047-2056 [PDF]

 

Thieltges, D.W., M.A.D. Ferguson, C.S. Jones, L.R. Noble, and R. Poulin. 2009. Biogeographical patterns of marine larval trematode parasites in two intermediate snail hosts in Europe. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1493-1501 [PDF]

 

Lagrue, C., and R. Poulin. 2009. Life cycle abbreviation in trematode parasites and the developmental time hypothesis: is the clock ticking? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1727-1738 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., K.M. Donald, D.B. Keeney, A.V. Koehler, R.C. Peoples, and R. Poulin. 2009. Trematode parasites of Otago Harbour (New Zealand) soft-sediment intertidal ecosystems: life cycles, ecological roles and DNA barcodes. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 43: 857-865 [PDF]

 

Poulin, R. 2009. Character combinations, convergence and diversification in ectoparasitic arthropods. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 1165-1171 [PDF]

 

Lagrue, C., R. Poulin, and D.B. Keeney. 2009. Effects of clonality in multiple infections on the life-history strategy of the trematode Coitocaecum parvum in its amphipod intermediate host. Evolution 63: 1417-1426 [PDF]

 

Thieltges, D.W., I. Saldanha, T.L.F. Leung, and R. Poulin. 2009. Contribution of parasites to intra- and inter-site variation in shell morphology of a marine gastropod. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 89: 563-568 [PDF]

Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., B.R. Krasnov, M.V. Vinarski, G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, and R. Poulin. 2009. Stability in abundance and niche breadth of gamasid mites across environmental conditions, parasite identity and host pools. Evolutionary Ecology 23: 329-345 [PDF]

 

Krasnov, B.R., M.V. Vinarski, N.P. Korallo-Vinarskaya, D. Mouillot, and R. Poulin. 2009. Inferring associations among parasitic gamasid mites from census data. Oecologia 160: 175-185 [PDF]

 

Thieltges, D.W., M.A.D. Ferguson, C.S. Jones, M. Krakau, X. de Montaudouin, L.R. Noble, K. Reise, and R. Poulin. 2009. Distance decay of similarity among parasite communities of three marine invertebrate hosts. Oecologia 160: 163-173 [PDF]

 

Keeney, D.B., K. Bryan-Walker, N. Khan, T.M. King, and R. Poulin. 2009. The influence of clonal diversity and intensity-dependence on trematode infections in an amphipod. Parasitology 136: 339-348 [PDF]

 

Thieltges, D.W., B.L. Fredensborg, and R. Poulin. 2009. Geographical variation in metacercarial infection levels in marine invertebrate hosts: parasite species character versus local factors. Marine Biology 156: 983-990 [PDF]

Koprivnikar, J., and R. Poulin. 2009. Interspecific and intraspecific variation in cercariae release. Journal of Parasitology 95: 14-19 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2009. Interspecific allometry of morphological traits among trematode parasites: selection and constraints. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 533-540 [PDF]

 

Leung, T.L.F., R. Poulin, and D.B. Keeney. 2009. Accumulation of diverse parasite genotypes within the bivalve second intermediate host of the digenean Gymnophallus sp. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 327-331 [PDF]

 

Leung, T.L.F., D.B. Keeney, and R. Poulin. 2009. Cryptic species complexes in manipulative echinostomatid trematodes: when two become six. Parasitology 136: 241-252 [PDF]

 

Lagrue, C., and R. Poulin. 2009. Heritability and short-term effects of inbreeding in the progenetic trematode Coitocaecum parvum: is there a need for the definitive host? Parasitology 136: 231-240 [PDF]

 

Poulin, R. 2009. Morphological diversification in different trematode lineages: body size, host type, or time? Parasitology 136: 85-92 [PDF]

 

Lefèvre, T., C. Lebarbenchon, M. Gauthier-Clerc, D. Missé, R. Poulin, and F. Thomas. 2009. The ecological significance of manipulative parasites. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 24: 41-48 [PDF]

2008

Thieltges, D.W., X. de Montaudouin, B. Fredensborg, K.T. Jensen, J. Koprivnikar, and R. Poulin. 2008. Production of marine trematode cercariae: a potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 372: 147-155 [PDF]

Hopper, J.V., R. Poulin, and D.W. Thieltges. 2008. Buffering role of the intertidal anemone Anthopleura aureoradiata in cercarial transmission from snails to crabs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 367: 153-156 [PDF]

 

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2008. Parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism: exploring the many shades of symbioses. Vie et Milieu 58: 107-115 [PDF]

 

Krasnov, B.R., I.S. Khokhlova, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2008. Geographic patterns of diversification: an example with ectoparasitic insects. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 807-814 [PDF]

 

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2008. Size-dependent pattern of metacercariae accumulation in Macomona liliana: the threshold for infection in a dead-end host. Parasitology Research 104: 177-180 [PDF]

 

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, M. Vinarski, N. Korallo-Vinarskaya, and R. Poulin. 2008. Geographical patterns of abundance: testing expectations of the 'abundance optimum' model in two taxa of ectoparasitic arthropods. Journal of Biogeography 35: 2187-2194 [PDF]

 

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, I.S. Khokhlova, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2008. Scale-invariance of niche breadth in fleas parasitic on small mammals. Ecography 31: 630-635 [PDF]

Lefèvre, T., B. Roche, R. Poulin, H. Hurd, F. Renaud, and F. Thomas. 2008. Exploiting host compensatory responses: the 'must' of manipulation? Trends in Parasitology 24: 435-439 [PDF]

Lagrue, C., and R. Poulin. 2008. Intra- and interspecific competition among helminth parasites: effects on Coitocaecum parvum life-history strategy, size and fecundity. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 1435-1444 [PDF]

 

Lagrue, C., and R. Poulin. 2008. Lack of seasonal variation in the life-history strategies of the trematode Coitocaecum parvum: no apparent environmental effect. Parasitology 135: 1243-1251 [PDF]

 

Leung, T.L.F., T.M. King, R. Poulin, and D.B. Keeney. 2008. Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for the trematode Curtuteria australis (Echinostomatidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1046-1048 [PDF]

Keeney, D.B., C. Lagrue, K. Bryan-Walker, N. Khan, T.L.F. Leung, and R. Poulin. 2008. The use of fluorescent fatty acid analogs as labels in trematode experimental infections. Experimental Parasitology 120: 15-20 [PDF]

 

Mouillot, D., B.R. Krasnov, and R. Poulin. 2008. High intervality explained by phylogenetic constraints in host-parasite webs. Ecology 89: 2043-2051 [PDF]

Poulin, R., J.L. Luque, F. Guilhaumon, and D. Mouillot. 2008. Species abundance distributions and numerical dominance in gastrointestinal helminth communities of fish hosts. Journal of Helminthology 82: 193-202 [PDF]

Poulin, R., I. Beveridge, and D.M. Spratt. 2008. Spatial scaling laws do not structure strongyloid nematode communities in macropodid hosts. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 1171-1177 [PDF]

Keeney, D.B., S. Boessenkool, T.M. King, T.L.F. Leung, and R. Poulin. 2008. Effects of interspecific competition on asexual proliferation and clonal genetic diversity in larval trematode infections of snails. Parasitology 135: 741-747 [PDF]

Poulin, R., B.R. Krasnov, and G.I. Shenbrot. 2008. Interaction frequency across the geographical range as a determinant of host specialisation in generalist fleas. International Journal for Parasitology 38: 989-997 [PDF]

Lafferty, K.D., S. Allesina, M. Arim, C.J. Briggs, G. DeLeo, A.P. Dobson, J.A. Dunne, P.T.J. Johnson, A.M. Kuris, D.J. Marcogliese, N.D. Martinez, J. Memmott, P.A. Marquet, J.P. McLaughlin, E.A. Mordecai, M. Pascual, R. Poulin, and D.W. Thieltges. 2008. Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links. Ecology Letters 11: 533-546 [PDF]

Miller, A., G.J. Inglis, and R. Poulin. 2008. Use of the introduced bivalve, Musculista senhousia, by generalist parasites of native New Zealand bivalves. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 42: 143-151 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and J.-L. Justine. 2008. Linking species abundance distributions and body size in monogenean communities. Parasitology Research 103: 187-193 [PDF]

 

Krasnov, B.R., I.S. Khokhlova, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2008. How are the host spectra of hematophagous parasites shaped over evolutionary time? Random choice vs selection of a phylogenetic lineage. Parasitology Research 102: 1157-1164 [PDF]

 

Thieltges, D.W., K.T. Jensen, and R. Poulin. 2008. The role of biotic factors in the transmission of free-living endohelminth stages. Parasitology 135: 407-426 [PDF]

Keeney, D.B., K. Bryan-Walker, T.M. King, and R. Poulin. 2008. Local variation of within-host clonal diversity coupled with genetic homogeneity in a marine trematode. Marine Biology 154: 183-190 [PDF]

 

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, D. Mouillot, and R. Poulin. 2008. Latitudinal gradients in niche breadth: empirical evidence from haematophagous ectoparasites. Journal of Biogeography 35: 592-601 [PDF]

 

Poulin, R., and F. Thomas. 2008. Epigenetic effects of infection on the phenotype of host offspring: parasites reaching across host generations. Oikos 117: 331-335 [PDF]

 

Martorelli, S.R., B.L. Fredensborg, T.L.F. Leung, and R. Poulin. 2008. Four trematode cercariae from the New Zealand intertidal snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Batillariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 35: 73-84 [PDF]

Mouillot, D., B.R. Krasnov, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2008. Connectance and parasite diet breadth in flea-mammal webs. Ecography 31: 16-20 [PDF]

Pérez-Del Olmo, A., M. Fernández, J.A. Raga, A. Kostadinova, and R. Poulin. 2008. Halfway up the trophic chain: development of parasite communities in the sparid fish Boops boops. Parasitology 135: 257-268 [PDF]

 

Krasnov, B.R., N.P. Korallo-Vinarskaya, M.V. Vinarski, G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, and R. Poulin. 2008. Searching for general patterns in parasite ecology: host identity versus environmental influence on gamasid mite assemblages in small mammals. Parasitology 135: 229-242 [PDF]

 

Luque, J.L., and R. Poulin. 2008. Linking ecology with parasite diversity in Neotropical fishes. Journal of Fish Biology 72: 189-204 [PDF]

 

Poulin, R., and D.B. Keeney. 2008. Host specificity under molecular and experimental scrutiny. Trends in Parasitology 24: 24-28 [PDF]

Timi, J.T., and R. Poulin. 2008. Different methods, different results: temporal trends in the study of nested subset patterns in parasite communities. Parasitology 135: 131-138 [PDF]

Lebarbenchon, C., S.P. Brown, R. Poulin, M. Gauthier-Clerc, and F. Thomas. 2008. Evolution of pathogens in a man-made world. Molecular Ecology 17: 475-484 [PDF]

2007

Poulin, R., and T.A. Dick. 2007. Spatial variation in population density across the geographical range in helminth parasites of yellow perch, Perca flavescens. Ecography 30: 629-636 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., R. Poulin, and D.B. Keeney. 2007. Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for the trematode Gymnophallus sp. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 1039-1041 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2007. The structure of parasite communities in fish hosts: ecology meets geography and climate. Parassitologia 49: 169-172 [PDF]

Lagrue, C., J. McEwan, R. Poulin, and D.B. Keeney. 2007. Co-occurrences of parasite clones and altered host phenotype in a snail-trematode system. International Journal for Parasitology 37: 1459-1467 [PDF]

Vinarski, M.V., N.P. Korallo, B.R. Krasnov, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2007. Decay of similarity of gamasid mite assemblages parasitic on Palaearctic small mammals: geographic distance, host-species composition or environment? Journal of Biogeography 34: 1691-1700 [PDF]

Bryan-Walker, K., T.L.F. Leung, and R. Poulin, 2007. Local adaptation of immunity against a trematode parasite in marine amphipod populations. Marine Biology 152: 687-695 [PDF]

Lagrue, C., J.M. Waters, R. Poulin, and D.B. Keeney. 2007. Microsatellite loci for the progenetic trematode Coitocaecum parvum (Opecoelidae). Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 694-696 [PDF]

Vázquez, D.P., C.J. Melián, N.M. Williams, N. Blüthgen, B.R. Krasnov, and R. Poulin. 2007. Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks. Oikos 116: 1120-1127 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2007. Are there general laws in parasite ecology? Parasitology 134: 763-776 [PDF]

Luque, J.L., and R. Poulin. 2007. Metazoan parasite species richness in Neotropical fishes: hotspots and the geography of biodiversity. Parasitology 134: 865-878 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2007. Recruitment rate of gymnophallid metacercariae in the New Zealand cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi: an experimental test of the hitch-hiking hypothesis. Parasitology Research 101: 281-287 [PDF]

Luque, J.L., L.M. Bannock, C. Lagrue, and R. Poulin. 2007. Larval Hysterothylacium sp. (Nematoda, Anisakidae) and trematode metacercariae from the amphipod Paracorophium excavatum (Corophiidae) in New Zealand. Acta Parasitologica 52: 146-150 [PDF]

Keeney, D.B., and R. Poulin. 2007. Functional richness, functional evenness, and use of niche space in parasite communities. Journal of Parasitology 93: 216-219 [PDF]

Korallo, N.P., M.V. Vinarski, B.R. Krasnov, G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, and R. Poulin. 2007. Are there general rules governing parasite diversity? Small mammalian hosts and gamasid mite assemblages. Diversity and Distributions 13: 353-360 [PDF]

Lagrue, C., and R. Poulin. 2007. Life cycle abbreviation in the trematode Coitocaecum parvum: can parasites adjust to variable conditions? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1189-1195 [PDF]

Currey, R.J.C., and R. Poulin. 2007. Do parasites affect the burrowing activity and emergence of sand hoppers, Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae)? Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 344-351 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2007. Investing in attachment: evolution of anchoring structures in acanthocephalan parasites. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 637-645 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2007. Geographical variation in the 'bottom-up' control of diversity: fleas and their small mammalian hosts. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16: 179-186 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and M. George-Nascimento. 2007. The scaling of total parasite biomass with host body mass. International Journal for Parasitology 37: 359-364 [PDF]

Keeney, D.B., J.M. Waters, and R. Poulin. 2007. Diversity of trematode genetic clones within amphipods and the timing of same-clone infections. International Journal for Parasitology 37: 351-357 [PDF]

Keeney, D.B., J.M. Waters, and R. Poulin. 2007. Clonal diversity of the marine trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis within intermediate hosts: the molecular ecology of parasite life cycles. Molecular Ecology 16: 431-439 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2007. Interactions between parasites of the cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi: hitch-hikers, resident-cleaners, and habitat facilitators. Parasitology 134: 247-255 [PDF]

2006

Lebarbenchon, C., R. Poulin, M. Gauthier-Clerc, and F. Thomas. 2006. Parasitological consequences of overcrowding in protected areas. EcoHealth 3: 303-307 [PDF]

Keeney, D.B., J.M. Waters, and R. Poulin. 2006. Microsatellite loci for the New Zealand trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 1042-1044 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2006. Is abundance a species attribute? An example with haematophagous ectoparasites. Oecologia 150: 132-140 [PDF]

Currey, R.J.C., and R. Poulin. 2006. Do parasites affect burrowing depth and habitat choice of sand hoppers, Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae)? New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 509-518 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2006. Ecological characteristics of flea species relate to their suitability as plague vectors. Oecologia 149: 474-481 [PDF]

Leung, T.L.F., and R. Poulin. 2006. Effects of the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis on the behaviour of its amphipod host: adaptive or not? Journal of Helminthology 80: 271-275 [PDF]

Hansen, E.K., and R. Poulin. 2006. Spatial covariation between infection levels and intermediate host densities in two trematode species. Journal of Helminthology 80: 255-259 [PDF]

Mouillot, D., B.R. Krasnov, G.I. Shenbrot, K.J. Gaston, and R. Poulin. 2006. Conservatism of host specificity in parasites. Ecography 29: 596-602 [PDF]

Martorelli, S.R., R. Poulin, and K.N. Mouritsen. 2006. A new cercaria and metacercaria of Acanthoparyphium (Echinostomatidae) found in an intertidal snail, Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Batillaridae) from New Zealand. Parasitology International 55: 163-167 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2006. Variation in infection parameters among populations within parasite species: intrinsic properties versus local factors. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 877-885 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and K.N. Mouritsen. 2006. Climate change, parasitism and the structure of intertidal ecosystems. Journal of Helminthology 80: 183-191 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., S. Morand, D. Mouillot, G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2006. Resource predictability and host specificity in fleas: the effect of host body mass. Parasitology 133: 81-88 [PDF]

Miller, A., G.J. Inglis, and R. Poulin. 2006. Comparison of the ectosymbionts and parasites of an introduced crab, Charybdis japonica, with sympatric and allopatric populations of a native New Zealand crab, Ovalipes catharus (Brachyura: Portunidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 369-378 [PDF]

Fredensborg, B.L., K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2006. Relating bird host distribution and spatial heterogeneity in trematode infections in an intertidal snail: from small to large scale. Marine Biology 149: 275-283 [PDF]

Muñoz, G., D. Mouillot, and R. Poulin. 2006. Testing the niche apportionment hypothesis with parasite communities: is random assortment always the rule? Parasitology 132: 717-724 [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., M. Stanko, I.S. Khokhlova, D. Miklisova, S. Morand, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2006. Relationships between local and regional species richness in flea communities of small mammalian hosts: saturation and spatial scale. Parasitology Research 98: 403-413 [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2006. A parasite indirectly impacts both abundance of primary producers and biomass of secondary producers in an intertidal benthic community. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 86: 221-226 [PDF]

Poulin, R., B.R. Krasnov, G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, and I.S. Khokhlova. 2006. Evolution of host specificity in fleas: is it directional and irreversible? International Journal for Parasitology 36: 185-191 [PDF]

Fredensborg, B.L., and R. Poulin. 2006. Parasitism shaping host life history evolution: Adaptive responses in a marine gastropod to infection by trematodes. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 44-53 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2006. Global warming and temperature-mediated increases in cercarial emergence in trematode parasites. Parasitology  132: 143-151 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and F. Lefebvre. 2006. Alternative life history and transmission strategies in a parasite: first come, first served? Parasitology 132: 135-141 [PDF]

2005

Mouritsen, K.N., D.M. Tompkins, and R. Poulin. 2005. Climate warming may cause a parasite-induced collapse in coastal amphipod populations. Oecologia 146: 476-483 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2005. Detection of interspecific competition in parasite communities. Journal of Parasitology 91: 1232-1235 [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2005. Parasitism can influence the intertidal zonation of non-host organisms. Marine Biology 148: 1-11  [PDF]

Mouillot, D., A. Simkova, S. Morand, and R. Poulin. 2005. Parasite species coexistence and limiting similarity: a multiscale look at phylogenetic, functional and reproductive distances. Oecologia 146: 269-278  [PDF]

Gonzalez, M.T., and R. Poulin. 2005. Spatial and temporal predictability of the parasite community structure of a benthic marine fish along its distributional range. International Journal for Parasitology 35: 1369-1377  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2005. What are the factors determining the probability of discovering a flea species (Siphonaptera)? Parasitology Research 97: 228-237  [PDF]

Hansen, E.K., and R. Poulin. 2005. Impact of a microphallid trematode on the behaviour and survival of its isopod intermediate host: phylogenetic inheritance? Parasitology Research 97: 242-246  [PDF]

Huyse, T., R. Poulin, and A. Théron. 2005. Speciation in parasites: a population genetic approach. Trends in Parasitology 21: 469-475  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, I.S. Khokhlova, G.I. Shenbrot, and R. Poulin. 2005. Covariance in species diversity and facilitation among non-interactive parasite taxa: all against the host. Parasitology 131: 557-568  [PDF]

Gonzalez, M.T., and R. Poulin. 2005. Nested patterns in parasite component communities of a marine fish along its latitudinal range on the Pacific coast of South America. Parasitology 131: 569-577  [PDF]

Vázquez, D.P., R. Poulin, B.R. Krasnov, and G.I. Shenbrot. 2005. Species abundance and the distribution of specialization in host-parasite interaction networks. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 946-955  [PDF]

Fredensborg, B.L., and R. Poulin. 2005. Larval helminths in intermediate hosts: Does competition early in life determine the fitness of adult parasites? International Journal for Parasitology 35: 1061-1070  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2005. Abundance patterns and coexistence processes in communities of fleas parasitic on small mammals. Ecography 28: 453-464  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2005. Nested pattern in flea assemblages across the host’s geographic range. Ecography 28: 475-484  [PDF]

Criscione, C.D., R. Poulin, and M.S. Blouin. 2005. Molecular ecology of parasites: elucidating ecological and microevolutionary processes. Molecular Ecology 14: 2247-2257  [PDF]

Lefebvre, F., B. Fredensborg, A. Armstrong, E. Hansen, and R. Poulin. 2005. Assortative pairing in the amphipod Paracalliope fluviatilis: a role for parasites? Hydrobiologia 545: 65-73  [PDF]

Rossin, M.A., R. Poulin, J.T. Timi, and A.I. Malizia. 2005. Causes of inter-individual variation in reproductive strategies of the parasitic nematode Graphidioides subterraneus. Parasitology Research 96: 335-339  [PDF]

Hay, K.B., B.L. Fredensborg, and R. Poulin. 2005. Trematode-induced alterations in shell shape of the mud snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Prosobranchia: Batillariidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 85: 989-992  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and D. Mouillot. 2005. Combining phylogenetic and ecological information into a new index of host specificity. Journal of Parasitology 91: 511-514  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2005. Evolutionary trends in body size of parasitic flatworms. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 85: 181-189  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and D. Mouillot. 2005. Host specificity and the probability of discovering species of helminth parasites. Parasitology 130: 709-715  [PDF]

Lefebvre, F., and R. Poulin. 2005. Progenesis in digenean trematodes: a taxonomic and synthetic overview of species reproducing in their second intermediate hosts. Parasitology 130: 587-605  [PDF]

Fredensborg, B.L., K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2005. Impact of trematodes on host survival and population density in the intertidal gastropod Zeacumantus subcarinatus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 290: 109-117  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2005. Spatial variation in species diversity and composition of flea assemblages in small mammalian hosts: geographic distance or faunal similarity? Journal of Biogeography 32: 633-644 [PDF]

Takemoto, R.M., G.C. Pavanelli, M.A.P. Lizama, J.L. Luque, and R. Poulin. 2005. Host population density as the major determinant of endoparasite species richness in floodplain fishes of the upper Paraná River, Brazil. Journal of Helminthology 79: 75-84 [PDF]

Lefebvre, F., and R. Poulin. 2005. Life history constraints on the evolution of abbreviated life cycles in parasitic trematodes. Journal of Helminthology 79: 47-53 [PDF]

Fredensborg, B. L., and R. Poulin. 2005. In vitro cultivation of Maritrema novaezealandensis (Microphallidae): the effect of culture medium on excystation, survival and egg production. Parasitology Research 95: 310-313  [PDF]

Poulin, R., B.L. Fredensborg, E. Hansen, and T.L.F. Leung. 2005. The true cost of host manipulation by parasites. Behavioural Processes 68: 241-244  [PDF]

Mouillot, D., M. George-Nascimento, and R. Poulin. 2005. Richness, structure and functioning in metazoan parasite communities. Oikos 109: 447-460  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2005. Diversification of ectoparasite assemblages and climate: an example with fleas parasitic on small mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14: 167-175  [PDF]

Lefebvre, F., and R. Poulin. 2005. Alternative reproductive strategies in the progenetic trematode Coitocaecum parvum: comparison of selfing and mating worms. Journal of Parasitology 91: 93-98  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., R. Poulin, G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, and I.S. Khokhlova. 2005. Host specificity and geographic range in haematophagous ectoparasites. Oikos 108: 449-456 [PDF]

Thompson, R.M., K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2005. Importance ofparasites and their life cycle characteristics in determining the structure of a large marine food web. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 77-85 [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2005. Parasites boost biodiversity and change animal community structure by trait-mediated indirect effects. Oikos 108: 344-350 [PDF]

Timi, J.T., A.L. Lanfranchi, and R. Poulin. 2005. Is there a trade-off between fecundity and egg volume in the parasitic copepod Lernanthropus cynoscicola? Parasitology Research 95: 1-4 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2005. Relative infection levels and taxonomic distances among the host species used by a parasite: insights into parasite specialization. Parasitology 130: 109-115 [PDF]

2004

Poulin, R., and K.N. Mouritsen. 2004. Small-scale spatial variation in rates of metacercarial accumulation by a bivalve second intermediate host. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 84: 1209-1212  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., D. Mouillot, G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2004. Geographical variation in host specificity of fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitic on small mammals: the influence of phylogeny and local environmental conditions. Ecography 27: 787-797  [PDF]

Luque, J.L., and R. Poulin. 2004. Use of fish as intermediate hosts by helminth parasites: a comparative analysis. Acta Parasitologica 49: 353-361  [PDF]

Valtonen, E.T., E. Helle, and R. Poulin. 2004. Stability of Corynosoma populations with fluctuating population densities of the seal definitive host. Parasitology 129: 635-642  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2004. Macroecological patterns of species richness in parasite assemblages. Basic and Applied Ecology 5: 423-434  [PDF]

Fredensborg, B.L., K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2004. Intensity-dependent mortality of Paracalliope novizealandiae (Amphipoda: Crustacea) infected by a trematode: experimental infections and field observations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 311: 253-265  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., G.I. Shenbrot, I.S. Khokhlova, and R. Poulin. 2004. Relationships between parasite abundance and the taxonomic distance among a parasite’s host species: An example with fleas parasitic on small mammals. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 1289-1297  [PDF]

Krasnov, B.R., R. Poulin, G.I. Shenbrot, D. Mouillot, and I.S. Khokhlova. 2004. Ectoparasitic “jacks-of-all-trades”: relationship between abundance and host specificity in fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitic on small mammals. American Naturalist 164: 506-516  [PDF]

Williams, C.M., R. Poulin, and B. J. Sinclair. 2004. Increased haemolymph osmolality suggests a new route for behavioural manipulation of Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae) by its mermithid parasite. Functional Ecology 18: 685-691  [PDF]

Neuhäuser, M., and R. Poulin. 2004. Comparing parasite numbers between samples of hosts. Journal of Parasitology 90: 689-691  [PDF]

Babirat, C., K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2004. Equal partnership: two trematode species, not one, manipulate the burrowing behaviour of the New Zealand cockle, Austrovenus stutchburyi. Journal of Helminthology 78: 195-199  [PDF]

Lefebvre, F., T. Schuster, M. Münderle, M. Hine, and R. Poulin. 2004. Anguillicolosis in the short-finned eel Anguilla australis: epidemiology and pathogenicity. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 577-583  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and D. Mouillot. 2004. The relationship between specialization and local abundance: the case of helminth parasites of birds. Oecologia 140: 372-378  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and D. Mouillot. 2004. The evolution of taxonomic diversity in helminth assemblages of mammalian hosts. Evolutionary Ecology 18: 231-247  [PDF]

Luque, J.L., D. Mouillot, and R. Poulin. 2004. Parasite biodiversity and its determinants in coastal marine teleost fishes of Brazil. Parasitology 128: 671-682  [PDF]

George-Nascimento, M., G. Muñoz, P.A. Marquet, and R. Poulin. 2004. Testing the energetic equivalence rule with helminth endoparasites of vertebrates. Ecology Letters 7: 527-531  [PDF]

Fredensborg, B.L., A.D.M. Latham, and R. Poulin. 2004. New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 31: 75-80  [PDF]

Martorelli, S.R., B.L. Fredensborg, K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2004. Description and proposed life cycle of Maritrema novaezealandensis n.sp. (Microphallidae) parasitic in red-billed gulls Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus from Otago Harbor, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Parasitology 90: 272-277  [PDF]

Donald, K.M., M. Kennedy, R. Poulin, and H.G. Spencer. 2004. Host specificity and molecular phylogeny of larval Digenea isolated from New Zealand and Australian topshells (Gastropoda: Trochidae). International Journal for Parasitology 34: 557-568  [PDF]

Bagge, A. M., R. Poulin, and E. T. Valtonen. 2004. Fish population size, and not density, as the determining factor of parasite infection: a case study. Parasitology 128: 305-313  [PDF]

Sinisalo, T., R. Poulin, H. Högmander, T. Juuti, and E. T. Valtonen. 2004. The impact of sexual selection on Corynosoma magdaleni (Acanthocephala) infrapopulations in Saimaa ringed seals (Phoca hispida saimensis). Parasitology 128: 179-185  [PDF]

Tompkins, D.M., K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2004. Parasite-induced surfacing in the cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi: adaptation or not? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 247-256  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2004. Parasite species richness in New Zealand fishes: a grossly underestimated component of biodiversity? Diversity and Distributions 10: 31-37  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2004. Parasites and the neutral theory of biodiversity. Ecography 27: 119-123  [PDF]

Mouillot, D., and R. Poulin. 2004. Taxonomic partitioning shedding light on the diversification of parasite communities. Oikos 104: 205-207  [PDF]

2003

Poulin, R. 2003. Information about transmission opportunities triggers a life history switch in a parasite. Evolution 57: 2899-2903  [PDF]

Thomas, F., and R. Poulin. 2003. Egg size variability in trematodes: test of the bet-hedging hypothesis. Journal of Parasitology 89: 1159-1162  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and J.L. Luque. 2003. A general test of the interactive-isolationist continuum in parasite communities of fish. International Journal for Parasitology 33: 1623-1630  [PDF]

Vidal-Martinez, V.M., and R. Poulin. 2003. Spatial and temporal repeatability in parasite community structure of tropical fish hosts. Parasitology 127: 387-398  [PDF]

Morand, S., and R. Poulin. 2003. Phylogenies, the comparative method and parasite evolutionary ecology. Advances in Parasitology 54: 281-302  [PDF]

Timi, J.T., and R. Poulin. 2003. Parasite community structure within and across host populations of a marine pelagic fish: how repeatable is it? International Journal for Parasitology 33: 1353-1362  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2003. The decay of similarity with geographical distance in parasite communities of vertebrate hosts. Journal of Biogeography 30: 1609-1615  [PDF]

Latham, A.D.M., B.L. Fredensborg, L.H. Mcfarland, and R. Poulin. 2003. A gastropod scavenger serving as paratenic host for larval helminth communities in shore crabs. Journal of Parasitology 89: 862-864  [PDF]

Poulin, R., D. Mouillot, and M. George-Nascimento. 2003. The relationship between species richness and productivity in metazoan parasite communities. Oecologia 137: 277-285  [PDF]

Latham, A.D.M., and R. Poulin. 2003. Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in recruitment of larval parasites to shore crab intermediate hosts: the influence of shorebird definitive hosts. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 1282-1291 [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2003. Parasite-induced trophic facilitation exploited by a non-host predator: a manipulator’s nightmare. International Journal for Parasitology 33: 1043-1050  [PDF]

Mouillot, D., M. George-Nascimento, and R. Poulin. 2003. How parasites divide resources: a test of the niche apportionment hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 757-764  [PDF]

Poulin, R., M. Wise, and J. Moore. 2003. A comparative analysis of adult body size and its correlates in acanthocephalan parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 33: 799-805  [PDF]

Mcfarland, L.H., K.N. Mouritsen, and R. Poulin. 2003. From first to second and back to first intermediate host: the complex transmission routes of Curtuteria australis (Digenea: Echinostomatidae). Journal of Parasitology 89: 625-628  [PDF]

Moravec, F., B.L. Fredensborg, A.D.M. Latham, and R. Poulin. 2003. Larval Spirurida (Nematoda) from the crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes in New Zealand. Folia Parasitologica 50: 109-114  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and D. Mouillot. 2003. Host introductions and the geography of parasite taxonomic diversity. Journal of Biogeography 30: 837-845  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2003. Parasites in a global village: food, emerging diseases and evolution. Journal of Parasitology  89 (Suppl.): S271-S276  [PDF]

Poulin, R., L. Giari, E. Simoni, and B.S. Dezfuli. 2003. Effects of conspecifics and heterospecifics on individual worm mass in four helminth species parasitic in fish. Parasitology Research 90: 143-147  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and K.N. Mouritsen. 2003. Large-scale determinants of trematode infections in intertidal gastropods. Marine Ecology Progress Series 254: 187-198  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and A.D.M. Latham. 2003. Effects of initial (larval) size and host body temperature on growth in trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 574-581  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and D. Mouillot. 2003. Parasite specialisation from a phylogenetic perspective: a new index of host specificity. Parasitology 126: 473-480  [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2003. The risk of being at the top: foot-cropping in the New Zealand cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 83: 497-498  [PDF]

Poulin, R., K. Nichol, and A.D.M. Latham. 2003. Host sharing and host manipulation by larval helminths in shore crabs: cooperation or conflict? International Journal for Parasitology 33: 425-433  [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2003. The mud flat anemone – cockle association: mutualism in the intertidal zone? Oecologia 135: 131-137   [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., S. McKechnie, E. Meenken, J. Toynbee, and R. Poulin. 2003. Spatial heterogeneity in parasite loads in the New Zealand cockle: the importance of host condition and density. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 83: 307-310  [PDF]

2002

Poulin, R. 2002. Qualitative and quantitative aspects of recent research on helminth parasites. Journal of Helminthology 76: 373-376  [PDF]

Latham, A.D.M., and R. Poulin. 2002. Effect of acanthocephalan parasites on hiding behaviour in two species of shore crabs. Journal of Helminthology 76: 323-326  [PDF]

Poinar, G.Jr., A.D.M. Latham, and R. Poulin. 2002. Thaumamermis zealandica n. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda) parasitising the intertidal marine amphipod Talorchestia quoyana (Talitridae: Amphipoda) in New Zealand, with a summary of mermithids infecting amphipods. Systematic Parasitology 53: 227-233  [PDF]

Latham, A.D.M., and R. Poulin. 2002. Field evidence of the impact of two acanthocephalan parasites on the mortality of three species of New Zealand shore crabs (Brachyura). Marine Biology 141: 1131-1139  [PDF]

Morand, S., and R. Poulin. 2002. Body size-density relationships and species diversity in parasitic nematodes: patterns and likely processes. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 951-961  [PDF]

Latham, A.D.M., and R. Poulin. 2002. New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the southern black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 29: 253-257  [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and R. Poulin. 2002. Parasitism, community structure and biodiversity in intertidal ecosystems. Parasitology 124: S101-S117  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and E.T. Valtonen. 2002. The predictability of helminth community structure in space: a comparison of fish populations from adjacent lakes. International Journal for Parasitology 32: 1235-1243  [PDF]

Vickery, W.L., and R. Poulin. 2002. Can helminth community patterns be amplified when transferred by predation from intermediate to definitive hosts? Journal of Parasitology 88: 650-656  [PDF]

Mouritsen, K.N., and Poulin, R. 2002. Parasitism, climate oscillations and the structure of natural communities. Oikos 97: 462-468  [PDF]

Loot, G., Poulin, R., Lek, S., and Guégan, J.-F. 2002. The differential effects of Ligula intestinalis plerocercoids on host growth in three natural populations of roach (Rutilus rutilus L.). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 11: 168-177  [PDF]

Bansemer, C., A. S. Grutter, and R. Poulin. 2002. Geographic variation in the behaviour of the cleaning fish Labroides dimidiatus (Labridae). Ethology 108: 353-366  [PDF]

Dezfuli, B.S., Volponi, S., Beltrami, I., and Poulin, R. 2002. Intra- and interspecific density-dependent effects on growth in helminth parasites of the cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. Parasitology 124: 537-544  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and T.H. Cribb. 2002. Trematode life cycles: Short is sweet? Trends in Parasitology 18: 176-183  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and Latham, A. D. M. 2002. Parasitism and the burrowing depth of the beach hopper Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Animal Behaviour 63: 269-275  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and Latham, A. D. M. 2002. Inequalities in size and intensity-dependent growth in a mermithid nematode parasitic in beach hoppers (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Journal of Helminthology 76: 65-70  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2002. The evolution of monogenean diversity. International Journal for Parasitology 32: 245-254  [PDF]

2001

Miller, A.A., and R. Poulin. 2001. Parasitism, movement and distribution of the snail Diloma subrostrata (Trochidae) in a soft-sediment intertidal zone. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 2029-2035  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2001. Progenesis and reduced virulence as an alternative transmission strategy in a parasitic trematode. Parasitology 123: 623-630  [PDF]

Latham, A. D. M., and Poulin, R. 2001. Effect of acanthocephalan parasites on the behaviour and coloration of the mud crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Marine Biology 139: 1147-1154  [PDF]

Dezfuli, B. S., L. Giari, S. De Biaggi, and R. Poulin. 2001. Associations and interactions among intestinal helminths of the brown trout, Salmo trutta, in northern Italy. Journal of Helminthology 75: 331-336  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and E. T. Valtonen. 2001. Interspecific associations among larval helminths in fish. International Journal for Parasitology 31: 1589-1596  [PDF]

Williams, J. K., C. R. Townsend, and R. Poulin. 2001. Mermithid nematode infections and drift in the mayfly Deleatidium spp. (Ephemeroptera). Journal of Parasitology 87: 1225-1227  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2001. Another look at the richness of helminth communities in tropical freshwater fish. Journal of Biogeography 28: 737-743  [PDF]

Hamilton, W.J., and R. Poulin. 2001. Parasitism, water temperature, and life history characteristics of the freshwater fish Gobiomorphus breviceps  Stokell (Eleotridae). Ecology of Freshwater Fish 10: 105-110  [PDF]

Poulin, R., and E. T. Valtonen. 2001. Nested assemblages resulting from host size variation: the case of endoparasite communities in fish hosts. International Journal for Parasitology 31: 1194-1204  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2001. Interactions between species and the structure of helminth communities. Parasitology 122 (Suppl.): 3-11  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2001. Body size and segmentation patterns in free-living and parasitic polychaetes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 741-745  [PDF]

Dezfuli, B. S., L. Giari, and R. Poulin. 2001. Costs of intraspecific and interspecific host sharing in acanthocephalan cystacanths. Parasitology 122: 483-489  [PDF]

Valtonen, E. T., K. Pulkkinen, R. Poulin, and M. Julkunen. 2001. The structure of parasite component communities in brackish water fishes of the northeastern Baltic Sea. Parasitology 122: 471-481  [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2000. The evolutionary ecology of parasite-induced changes in host phenotype. Bulletin of the Scandinavian Society for Parasitology 10: 44-48  [sorry, no PDF available]

Poulin, R., and S. R. Rate. 2001. Small-scale spatial heterogeneity in infection levels by symbionts of the amphipod Talorchestia quoyana (Talitridae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 212: 211-216  [PDF]

2000

Thomas, F., R. Poulin, J.-F. Guégan, Y. Michalakis, and F. Renaud. 2000. Are there pros as well as cons to being parasitized? Parasitology Today 16: 533-536 [PDF]

Poulin, R., L. Marshall, and H.G. Spencer. 2000. Genetic variation and prevalence of blood parasites do not correlate among bird species. Journal of Zoology 252: 381-388 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and S. Morand. 2000. The diversity of parasites. Quarterly Review of Biology 75: 277-293 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and J.-F. Guégan. 2000. Nestedness, anti-nestedness, and the relationship between prevalence and intensity in ectoparasite assemblages of marine fish: a spatial model of species coexistence. International Journal for Parasitology 30: 1147-1152 [PDF]

Dezfuli, B. S., L. Giari, and R. Poulin. 2000. Species associations among larval helminths in an amphipod intermediate host. International Journal for Parasitology 30: 1143-1146 [PDF]

Poulin, R., M.J. Steeper, and A.A. Miller. 2000. Non-random patterns of host use by the different parasite species exploiting a cockle population. Parasitology 121: 289-295 [PDF]

Morand, S., and R. Poulin. 2000. Nematode parasite species richness and the evolution of spleen size in birds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 1356-1360 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and S. Morand. 2000. Parasite body size and interspecific variation in levels of aggregation among nematodes. Journal of Parasitology 86: 642-647 [PDF]

Poulin, R., L. Marshall, and H.G. Spencer.  2000. Metazoan parasite species richness and genetic variation among freshwater fish species: cause or consequence? International Journal for Parasitology 30: 697-703 [PDF]

Morand, S., and R. Poulin. 2000. Optimal time to patency in parasitic nematodes: host mortality matters. Ecology Letters 3: 186-190 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 2000. Manipulation of host behaviour by parasites: a weakening paradigm? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (series B) 267: 787-792 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and W.J. Hamilton. 2000. Egg size variation as a function of environmental variability in parasitic trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 564-569 [sorry, no PDF available]

Poulin, R., and S. Morand. 2000. Testes size, body size and male-male competition in acanthocephalan parasites. Journal of Zoology 250: 551-558 [PDF]

Willis, C., and R. Poulin. 2000. Preference of female rats for the odours of non-parasitised males: the smell of good genes? Folia Parasitologica 47: 6-10 [PDF]

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., F. Thomas, and R. Poulin. 2000. Redescription of Gordius paranensis Camerano, 1892 (Nematomorpha), a species new for New Zealand. Journal of Natural History 34: 333-340. [sorry, no PDF available]

Poulin, R. 2000. Variation in the intraspecific relationship between fish length and intensity of parasitic infection: biological and statistical causes. Journal of Fish Biology 56: 123-137 [PDF]

Sheridan, L.A.D., R. Poulin, D.F. Ward, and M. Zuk. 2000. Sex differences in parasitic infections among arthropod hosts: is there a male bias? Oikos 88: 327-334 [PDF]

1999

Poulin, R. 1999. Speciation and diversification of parasite lineages: an analysis of congeneric parasite species in vertebrates. Evolutionary Ecology 13: 455-467 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and C. Combes. 1999. The concept of virulence: interpretations and implications. Parasitology Today 15: 474-475 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 1999. Parasitism and shoal size in juvenile sticklebacks: conflicting selection pressures from different ectoparasites? Ethology 105: 959-968 [sorry, no PDF available]

Willis, C., and R. Poulin. 1999. Effects of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta on maternal investment in rats. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 1001-1005 [PDF]

Paterson, A.M., and R. Poulin. 1999. Have Chondracanthid copepods co-speciated with their teleost hosts? Systematic Parasitology 44: 79-85 [PDF]

Poulin, R., and S. Morand. 1999. Geographic distances and the similarity among parasite communities of conspecific host populations. Parasitology 119: 369-374 [PDF]

Hamilton, W.J., and R. Poulin. 1999. Female preference and male nuptial colouration in the freshwater fish Gobiomorphus breviceps: geographic variation among populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 463-469 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 1999. The functional importance of parasites in animal communities: many roles at many levels? International Journal for Parasitology 29: 903-914 [PDF]

Poulin, R.  1999. The intra- and interspecific relationship between abundance and distribution in helminth parasites of birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 719-725 [PDF]

Poulin, R., D.J. Marcogliese, and J.D. McLaughlin. 1999. Skin-penetrating parasites and the release of alarm substances in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Fish Biology 55: 47-53 [PDF]

Morand, S., R. Poulin, K. Rohde, and C. Hayward. 1999. Aggregation and species coexistence of ectoparasites of marine fishes. International Journal for Parasitology 29: 663-672 [PDF]

Poulin, R. 1999. Body size versus abundance among parasite species: positive relationships? Ecography 22: 246-250  [PDF]

Thomas, F., A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, and R. Poulin. 1999. Microhabitat characteristics and reproductive status of male Euchordodes nigromaculatus (Nematomorpha). Journal of Helminthology 73: 91-93 [sorry, no PDF available]

Thomas, F., R. Poulin, T. de Meeüs, J.-F. Guégan, and F. Renaud. 1999. Parasites and ecosystem engineering: what roles could they play? Oikos 84: 167-171 [PDF]

Poulin, R. , and F. Thomas. 1999. Phenotypic variation induced by parasites: extent and evolutionary implications. Parasitology Today 15: 28-32 [PDF]