• Cercarial behaviour alters the consumer functional response of three-spined sticklebacks 

      Born-Torrijos, Ana; Paterson, Rachel; van Beest, Gabrielle; Vyhlídalová, Tereza; Henriksen, Eirik Haugstvedt; Knudsen, Rune; Kristoffersen, Roar; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Soldánová, Miroslava (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-22)
      <ol> <li>Free-living parasite life stages may contribute substantially to ecosystem biomass and thus represent a significant source of energy flow when consumed by non-host organisms. However, ambient temperature and the predator's own infection status may modulate consumption rates towards parasite prey.</li> <li>We investigated the combined effects of temperature and predator infection status ...
    • Temperature does not influence functional response of amphipods consuming different trematode prey 

      Born-Torrijos, Ana; Paterson, Rachel; van Beest, Gabrielle; Schwelm, Jessica; Vyhlídalová, Tereza; Henriksen, Eirik Haugstvedt; Knudsen, Rune; Kristoffersen, Roar; Amundsen, Per-Arne; Soldánová, Miroslava (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-26)
      Direct consumption on free-living cercariae stages of trematodes by non-host organisms interferes with trematode transmission and leads to reduced infections in the next suitable hosts. Consumer functional responses provide a useful tool to examine relationships between consumption rates and ecologically relevant prey densities, whilst also accounting for abiotic factors that likely influence ...