An ecological law and its macroecological consequences as revealed by studies of relationships between host densities and parasite prevalence

By P. Arneberg. 2001

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Body size, diet and sociality influence the species richness of parasitic worms in anthropoid primates (2004, result): “…models, supported by data from several empirical and comparative studies, point to strong links between host density or local group size and the spread and diversity of directly transmitted parasites (Anderson and May, 1979; Packer et al., 1999; Arneberg, 2001, 2002; Altizer et al., 2003b).”
Host traits and parasite species richness in even and odd-toed hoofed mammals, Artiodactyla and Perissodactyla (2006, background): “…the transmission of vector-borne and complex life-cycle parasites will be influenced to some degree by vector and intermediate host ecology, host population density is more likely to affect the transmission of directly transmitted parasites than indirectly transmitted parasites (Arneberg 2001).”