Rapid evolutionary dynamics and disease threats to biodiversity

By S. Altizer, Drew Harvell, Elizabeth Friedle. 2003

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Body size, diet and sociality influence the species richness of parasitic worms in anthropoid primates (2004, background): “Social interactions generate a network of contacts through which many parasites spread within populations (Anderson and May, 1979, 1991), and host behavioural contacts should have overriding importance for parasite community diversity (Morand, 2000; Altizer et al., 2003b).”
Seasonality and the dynamics of infectious diseases. (2006, background): “Host parasite dynamics have great potential to evolve in part because of the short generation times and high mutation rates of pathogens, and because pathogens impact both their own fitness and that of their hosts (Altizer et al. 2003; Galvani 2003).”
Ecological consequences of genetic diversity. (2008, background): “Several recent reviews have documented the accumulating evidence for rapid evolution (Altizer et al. 2003; Hairston et al. 2005) and its ecological consequences (Fussmann et al. 2007; Johnson & Stinchcombe 2007), so we focus largely on ecological mechanisms for effects of genetic diversity.”
An evolutionary ecology perspective to address forest pathology challenges of today and tomorrow (2016, background): “A second, not mutually exclusive hypothesis is that fewer evolutionary changes in the pathogen are required to adapt to a new host more closely related to its original host (Altizer et al. 2003; Schulze-Lefert and Panstruga 2011).”
The importance of immune gene variability (MHC) in evolutionary ecology and conservation (2005, background): “Further, laboratory studies cannot reveal the effects of conditionally advantageous or deleterious alleles which will be discovered only in the presence of natural stress, such as spatially and temporally changes in climate, food availability, competition, and associated levels of parasitism [18,161”
Reconstruction of the colonization of southern Madagascar by introduced Rattus rattus (2005, background): “Numerous studies have underscored the importance of genetic variation in evolutionary processes such as adaptation to changing environmental conditions (Altizer et al., 2003).”
The Evolutionary Ecology of Novel Plant-Pathogen Interactions (2004, background): “Some have argued that ecological host shifts play the dominant role in novel host-pathogen interactions (Schrag & Wiener 1995, Altizer et al. 2003), although this area needs further study (Secord & Kareiva 1996).”
Plight of the bumble bee: Pathogen spillover from commercial to wild populations (2006, background): “Indeed, pathogens have been recognized as a significant threat to biodiversity, and are implicated in the extinction or decline of various wildlife populations (reviewed by Altizer et al., 2003).”
Low impact of chytridiomycosis on frog recruitment enables persistence in refuges despite high adult mortality (2015, background): “, 2013), genetic based resistance (Savage and Zamudio, 2011) and changes in pathogen virulence or evolved host-pathogen interactions (Altizer et al., 2003).”
Evolutionary responses of natives to introduced species: what do introductions tell us about natural communities? (2006, background): “Disease introductions may devastate native populations (e.g. Chesnut Blight and Dutch Elm Disease in North America), and it is likely that resulting selection will cause evolution evident in populations of survivors (Altizer et al. 2003).”
Effects of the parasitic flies of the genus Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) on birds (2006, background): “These observations raise some important questions concerning the sustainability of small, isolated bird populations under threat from parasite invasion, and the potential for avian hosts to develop an adaptive response to introduced pathogens (Altizer et al. 2003).”
Ecological impacts of non-indigenous invasive fungi as forest pathogens (2008, background): “Non-indigenous species are often considered to reduce biodiversity (Vitousek et al. 1996; Altizer et al. 2003).”
Running to stand still: adaptation and the response of plants to rapid climate change. (2005, background): “…reduce the ability of the population to resist and recover from perturbations such as pest and disease outbreaks (Burdon & Thrall 2001; Altizer et al. 2003) or extreme weather events (McLaughlin et al. 2002; Reusch et al. 2005) and may increase their risk of extinction per se (Newman…”