Phenotypic plasticity of 'off-host' parasite stages in response to heatwaves in the Daphnia-Pasteuria system.

Abstract excerpt

Heatwaves challenge our understanding of how environmental stressors reshape host-parasite interactions, particularly during the critical "off-host" stages of endoparasites. These stages, often dismissed as inert and unaffected by environmental changes, remain a black box in ecological research despite their key role in parasites' life cycle. Here, we examined how heatwaves affect the infectivity and progression...

Topics

• Animals
• Pasteuria
• Hot Temperature
• Daphnia
• Daphnia magna
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Phenotype