Vector-borne parasite invasion in communities across space and time.

ABSTRACT: While vector-borne parasite transmission often operates via generalist-feeding vectors facilitating cross-species transmission in host communities, theory describing the relationship between host species diversity and parasite invasion in these systems is underdeveloped. Host community composition and abundance vary across space and time, generating opportunities for parasite invasion. To explore how host community variation can modify parasite invasion potential, we develop a model for vector-borne parasite transmission dynamics that includes a host community of arbitrary richness and species' abundance. To compare invasion potential across communities, we calculate the community basic reproductive ratio of the parasite. We compare communities comprising a set of host species to their sub

SUBMITTER: Vinson JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6939907 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature