Professor Robert Poulin

2025

Journal - Research Article

Hasegawa, R., & Poulin, R. (2025). Effect of parasite infections on fish body condition: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal for Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2025.03.002

Chai, X., Salloum, P. M., & Poulin, R. (2025). Does the host matter? Testing the impact of host identity on the microbiome of a trematode parasite. Parasitology Research, 124, 38. doi: 10.1007/s00436-025-08486-0

Poulin, R. (2025). To bin or not to bin: Why parasite abundance data should not be lumped into categories for statistical analysis. Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/s003118202500040x

Presswell, B., Salloum, P. M., Bennett, J., Buschang, K. E., & Poulin, R. (2025). Size, spines, and primes: the drivers of collar spine numbers among echinostome trematodes. Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/s0031182025000046

Journal - Research Other

Hasegawa, R., & Poulin, R. (2025). Cause or consequence? Exploring authors' interpretations of correlations between fish body condition and parasite infection. Journal of Fish Biology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/jfb.70048

Poulin, R. (2025). Breadth versus depth of knowledge: The need for new model trematode species. Journal of Helminthology, 99, e7. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x24000956

2024

Journal - Research Article

Perlin, M. H., Poulin, R., & de Bekker, C. (2024). Invasion of the four kingdoms: The parasite journey across plant and non-plant hosts. Biological Reviews. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/brv.13169

Martins, P. M., & Poulin, R. (2024). Universal versus taxon-specific drivers of helminth prevalence and intensity of infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291, 20241673. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1673

Koellsch, C., Poulin, R., & Salloum, P. M. (2024). What shapes a microbiome? Differences in bacterial communities associated with helminth-amphipod interactions. International Journal for Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2024.08.005

Koellsch, C., Poulin, R., & Salloum, P. M. (2024). Microbial artists: The role of parasite microbiomes in explaining colour polymorphism among amphipods and potential link to host manipulation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/jeb/voae085

Poulin, R., Salloum, P. M., & Bennett, J. (2024). Evolution of parasites in the Anthropocene: New pressures, new adaptive directions. Biological Reviews. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/brv.13118

Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2024). Nomenclatural stability and the longevity of helminth species names. Systematic Parasitology, 101, 34. doi: 10.1007/s11230-024-10161-4

de Angeli Dutra, D., & Poulin, R. (2024). Network specificity decreases community stability and competition among avian haemosporidian parasites and their hosts. Global Ecology & Biogeography. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/geb.13831

Bhattarai, U. R., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. (2024). Genome assembly and annotation of the mermithid nematode Mermis nigrescens. Genes Genomes Genetics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae023

Bennett, J., Presswell, B., & Poulin, R. (2024). Expanding on a marine food web using parasitological data. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 727, 19-33. doi: 10.3354/meps14492

Paterson, R. A., Poulin, R., & Selbach, C. (2024). Global analysis of seasonal changes in trematode infection levels reveals weak and variable link to temperature. Oecologia, 204, 377-387. doi: 10.1007/s00442-023-05408-8

Journal - Research Other

Li, C.-H., & Poulin, R. (2024). Alteration of host gene and protein expression by manipulative parasites. Trends in Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.11.014

Poulin, R. (2024). Evolution of parasitological knowledge: can the past inform the future? Trends in Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2024.10.011

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Doherty, J.-F., Liu, B., Hanelt, B., Dowle, E. J., Gemmell, N. J., Poulin, R., … Matthews, B. J. (2024). Exploring the sensory landscape of hairworm-infected crickets. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Parasitology and the 7th International Conference on Anaerobic Protists: Parasites in the Pacific. (pp. 75). Retrieved from https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/

Hasegawa, R., & Poulin, R. (2024). Effect of parasite infections on fish body condition: A systematic review. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Parasitology and the 7th International Conference on Anaerobic Protists: Parasites in the Pacific. (pp. 49-50). Retrieved from https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/

Chai, X., Salloum, P., & Poulin, R. (2024). Does the host matter? Testing the impact of host identity on the microbiome of the trematode Maritrema poulini. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Parasitology and the 7th International Conference on Anaerobic Protists: Parasites in the Pacific. (pp. 48). Retrieved from https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/

Buschang, K., Lagrue, C., Bennett, J., & Poulin, R. (2024). Toxoplasma gondii in avian hosts: Testing methods of detection and the drivers of infection in New Zealand and across the world. Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Parasitology and the 7th International Conference on Anaerobic Protists: Parasites in the Pacific. (pp. 39-40). Retrieved from https://www.parasite.org.au/aspconference/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Dubrulle, J., Poulin, R., Salloum, P., & Geoghegan, J. L. (2024, September). Spatial variation in the microbiome of the sandhopper Bellochestia quoyana endemic to New Zealand. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Research Week (QRW) Pathogen Genomics Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Poulin, R. (2024, September). Depth versus breadth of knowledge: The need for new model trematodes. Invited presentation at the Inaugural International Trematodes Meeting, Brisbane, Australia.

2023

Journal - Research Article

Tortosa, P., McInnes, K., O'Donnell, C. F. J., Pryde, M. A., Gomard, Y., Lebarbenchon, C., & Poulin, R. (2023). Coronavirus shedding in New Zealand bats: Insights and future perspectives. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 47(1), 3556. doi: 10.20417/nzjecol.47.3556

da Silva, G. G., Lopez, V. M., Vilarinho, A. C., Datto-Liberato, F. H., Oliveira, C. F., Poulin, R., & Guillermo-Ferreira, R. (2023). Vector species richness predicts local mortality rates from Chagas disease. International Journal for Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.10.002

Correia, S., Fernández-Boo, S., Magalhães, L., de Montaudouin, X., Daffe, G., Poulin, R., & Vera, M. (2023). Trematode genetic patterns at host individual and population scales provide insights about infection mechanisms. Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/S0031182023000987

Poulin, R. (2023). Light pollution may alter host–parasite interactions in aquatic ecosystems. Trends in Parasitology, 39(12), 1050-1059. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.08.013

Salloum, P. M., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2023). Different trematode parasites in the same snail host: Species-specific or shared microbiota? Molecular Ecology, 32, 5414-5428. doi: 10.1111/mec.17111

Filion, A., Webster, T., Poulin, R., & Godfrey, S. S. (2023). Interannual patterns of avian diseases in wild New Zealand avifauna near conservation areas. Austral Ecology, 48, 1413-1425. doi: 10.1111/aec.13400

Salloum, P. M., Jorge, F., Dheilly, N. M., & Poulin, R. (2023). Adoption of alternative life cycles in a parasitic trematode is linked to microbiome differences. Biology Letters, 19, 20230091. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0091

Bennett, J., Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2023). Acanthocephalan diversity and host associations revealed from a large-sale biodiversity survey. Diversity, 15, 665. doi: 10.3390/d15050665

Poulin, R., Presswell, B., Bennett, J., de Angeli Dutra, D., & Salloum, P. M. (2023). Biases in parasite biodiversity research: Why some helminth species attract more research than others. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 21, 89-98. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2023.04.010

Eriksson, A., Filion, A., Labruna, M. B., Muñoz-Leal, S., Poulin, R., Fischer, E., & Graciolli, G. (2023). Effects of forest loss and fragmentation on bat-ectoparasite interactions. Parasitology Research, 122, 1391-1402. doi: 10.1007/s00436-023-07839-x

Poulin, R., Presswell, B., Filion, A., Salloum, P. M., Chai, X., Bennett, J., & de Angeli Dutra, D. (2023). Battle of the sexes: Analysis of sex bias in host use and reporting practices in parasitological experiments. International Journal for Parasitology, 53(7), 381-389. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.03.002

Bennett, J., Presswell, B., & Poulin, R. (2023). Tracking life cycles of parasites across a broad taxonomic scale in a marine ecosystem. International Journal for Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.02.004

de Angeli Dutra, D., Pinheiro, R. B. P., Fecchio, A., & Poulin, R. (2023). Revealing the drivers of parasite community assembly: Using avian haemosporidians to model global dynamics of parasite species turnover. Ecography, e06634. doi: 10.1111/ecog.06634

Salloum, P. M., Jorge, F., Dheilly, N. M., & Poulin, R. (2023). Eco-evolutionary implications of helminth microbiomes [Invited Centenary Review]. Journal of Helminthology, 97, e22. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X23000056

Doherty, J.-F., Bhattarai, U. R., Ferreira, S., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. J. (2023). The proof is in the poo: Non-invasive method to detect endoparasitic infection. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(5), 990-1001. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13763

Henriksen, E. H., Frainer, A., Poulin, R., Knudsen, R., & Amundsen, P.-A. (2023). Ectoparasites population dynamics are affected by host body size but not host density or water temperature in a 32-year long time series. Oikos, 2023(3), e09328. doi: 10.1111/oik.09328

Hasik, A. Z., de Angeli Dutra, D., Doherty, J.-F., Duffy, M. A., Poulin, R., & Siepielski, A. M. (2023). Resetting our expectations for parasites and their effects on species interactions: A meta-analysis. Ecology Letters, 26, 184-199. doi: 10.1111/ele.14139

Poulin, R., Jorge, F., & Salloum, P. M. (2023). Inter-individual variation in parasite manipulation of host phenotype: A role for parasite microbiomes? Journal of Animal Ecology, 92, 807-812. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13764

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (2023). Model worms: Knowledge gains and risks associated with the use of model species in parasitological research. Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1017/s0031182023000963

Morrill, A., Poulin, R., & Forbes, M. R. (2023). Interrelationships and properties of parasite aggregation measures: A user's guide. International Journal for Parasitology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.004

Presswell, B., Bennett, J., Chai, X., & Poulin, R. (2023). Physical evidence of direct antagonistic interactions between trematodes in the host gut: The kiss of death? [Brief report]. Parasitology Research. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00436-023-07883-7

Hutson, K. S., Davidson, I. C., Bennett, J., Poulin, R., & Cahill, P. L. (2023). Assigning cause for emerging diseases of aquatic organisms. Trends in Microbiology, 31(7), 681-691. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2023.01.012

de Angeli Dutra, D., Salloum, P. M., & Poulin, R. (2023). Vector microbiome: Will global climate change affect vector competence and pathogen transmission? Parasitology Research, 122, 11-17. doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07734-x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Poulin, R., McDougall, C., & Presswell, B. (2023). What’s in a name? Taxonomic and gender biases in the etymology of new species names. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Parasitology (NZSP) 50th Conference & Parasite Advisory Day (PAD). (pp. 9). Retrieved from https://nzs4p.org.nz

Bennett, J., Presswell, B., & Poulin, R. (2023). Parasites of concern in our coastal seabirds. Proceedings of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) Annual Meeting. (pp. 26). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Salloum, P., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2023, August). Incorporating the microbiome dimension in host-parasite interactions. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Microbiomes Satellite, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2022

Chapter in Book - Research

Godfrey, S. S., & Poulin, R. (2022). Host manipulation by parasites: From individual to collective behavior. In V. Ezenwa, S. M. Altizer & R. Hall (Eds.), Animal behavior and parasitism. (pp. 207-222). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192895561.003.0012

Journal - Research Article

Nazarizadeh, M., Nováková, M., Loot, G., Gabagambi, N. P., Fatemizadeh, F., Osano, O., Presswell, B., Poulin, R., … Štefka, J. (2022). Historical dispersal and host-switching formed the evolutionary history of a globally distributed multi-host parasite: The Ligula intestinalis species complex. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, 180, 107677. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107677

Park, E., & Poulin, R. (2022). Extremely divergent COI sequences within an amphipod species complex: A possible role for endosymbionts? Ecology & Evolution, 12, e9448. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9448

de Angeli Dutra, D., Poulin, R., & Ferreira, F. C. (2022). Evolutionary consequences of vector-borne transmission: How using vectors shapes host, vector and pathogen evolution. Parasitology, 149, 1667-1678. doi: 10.1017/s0031182022001378

Bennett, J., Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2022). Large-scale genetic investigation of nematode diversity and their phylogenetic patterns in New Zealand's marine animals. Parasitology, 149, 1794-1809. doi: 10.1017/s003118202200138x

Chai, X., Bennett, J., & Poulin, R. (2022). Decay of parasite community similarity with host phylogenetic and geographic distances among deep-sea fish (grenadiers). Parasitology, 149, 1737-1748. doi: 10.1017/s0031182022001251

Jorge, F., Dheilly, N. M., Froissard, C., & Poulin, R. (2022). Association between parasite microbiomes and caste development and colony structure in a social trematode. Molecular Ecology, 31, 5608-5617. doi: 10.1111/mec.16671

Bhattarai, U. R., Katuwal, M., Poulin, R., Gemmell, N. J., & Dowle, E. (2022). Genome assembly and annotation of the European earwig Forficula auricularia (subspecies B). Genes Genomes Genetics, 12(10), jkac199. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac199

Poulin, R., de Angeli Dutra, D., & Presswell, B. (2022). Short and sweet: An analysis of the length of parasite species names. Systematic Parasitology, 99, 699-706. doi: 10.1007/s11230-022-10058-0

Bennett, J., Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2022). Annotated checklist and genetic data for parasitic helminths infecting New Zealand marine invertebrates. Invertebrate Biology, 141, e12380. doi: 10.1111/ivb.12380

Poulin, R., & McDougall, C. (2022). Fish-parasite interaction networks reveal latitudinal and taxonomic trends in the structure of host-parasite associations. Parasitology, 149, 1815-1821. doi: 10.1017/s0031182022000944

Doherty, J.-F., Filion, A., & Poulin, R. (2022). Infection patterns and new definitive host records for New Zealand gordiid hairworms (phylum Nematomorpha). Parasitology International, 90, 102598. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102598

de Angeli Dutra, D., Fecchio, A., Martins Braga, É., & Poulin, R. (2022). Migratory behaviour does not alter cophylogenetic congruence between avian hosts and their haemosporidian parasites. Parasitology, 149, 905-912. doi: 10.1017/s0031182022000154

Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2022). Is parasite taxonomy really in trouble? A quantitative analysis. International Journal for Parasitology, 52, 469-474. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.03.001

Filion, A., Deschamps, L., Niebuhr, C. N., & Poulin, R. (2022). Anthropogenic landscape alteration promotes higher disease risk in wild New Zealand avian communities. PLoS ONE, 17(3), e0265568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265568

Doherty, J.-F., & Poulin, R. (2022). The return to land: Association between hairworm infection and aquatic insect development. Parasitology Research, 121(2), 667-673. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07410-6

Doherty, J.-F., & Poulin, R. (2022). Come with me if you want to live: Sympatric parasites follow different transmission routes through aquatic host communities. International Journal for Parasitology, 52, 293-303. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.11.009

Felix, G. M., Pinheiro, R. B. P., Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., & Mello, M. A. R. (2022). The compound topology of host-parasite networks is explained by the integrative hypothesis of specialization. Oikos, 2022, e08462. doi: 10.1111/oik.08462

Jorge, F., Froissard, C., Dheilly, N. M., & Poulin, R. (2022). Bacterial community dynamics following antibiotic exposure in a trematode parasite. International Journal for Parasitology, 52, 265-274. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.11.006

Thomas, L. J., Milotic, M., Vaux, F., & Poulin, R. (2022). Lurking in the water: Testing eDNA metabarcoding as a tool for ecosystem-wide parasite detection. Parasitology, 149, 261-269. doi: 10.1017/s0031182021001840

Jorge, F., Dheilly, N. M., Froissard, C., Wainwright, E., & Poulin, R. (2022). Consistency of bacterial communities in a parasitic worm: Variation throughout the life cycle and across geographic space. Microbial Ecology, 83, 724-738. doi: 10.1007/s00248-021-01774-z

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R., Presswell, B., & Bennett, J. (2022). Male-biased selection of holotypes in parasite taxonomy: Is it justified? [Forum]. Trends in Parasitology, 38(11), 926-929. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.08.003

Jorge, F., Brealey, J. C., Brindley, P. J., Buysse, M., Cantacessi, C., Duron, O., … Poulin, R., … Dheilly, N. M. (2022). MIxS-SA: A MIxS extension defining the minimum information standard for sequence data from symbiont-associated micro-organisms [Brief communication]. ISME Communications, 2(1), 9. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00092-w

Poulin, R., McDougall, C., & Presswell, B. (2022). What's in a name? Taxonomic and gender biases in the etymology of new species names. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289, 20212708. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2708

Filion, A., Doherty, J.-F., Poulin, R., & Godfrey, S. S. (2022). Building a comprehensive phylogenetic framework in disease ecology [Forum]. Trends in Parasitology, 38(6), 424-427. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2022.01.008

Selbach, C., Mouritsen, K. N., Poulin, R., Sures, B., & Smit, N. J. (2022). Bridging the gap: Aquatic parasites in the One Health concept. Trends in Parasitology, 38(2), 109-111. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.10.007

Lane, H. S., Brosnahan, C. L., & Poulin, R. (2022). Aquatic disease in New Zealand: Synthesis and future directions. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 56(1), 1-42. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2020.1848887

2021

Journal - Research Article

de Angeli Dutra, D., Félix, G. M., & Poulin, R. (2021). Contrasting effects of host or local specialization: Widespread haemosporidians are host generalist, whereas local specialists are locally abundant. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 30, 2467-2476. doi: 10.1111/geb.13403

Martins, P. M., Poulin, R., & Gonçalves-Souza, T. (2021). Drivers of parasite β-diversity among anuran hosts depend on scale, realm and parasite group. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376, 20200367. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0367

Ruehle, B., & Poulin, R. (2021). Hunger games: Foraging behaviour and shelter use in fish under the context-dependent influence of parasitism. Parasitology Research, 120, 3681-3692. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07296-4

de Angeli Dutra, D., Fecchio, A., Martins Braga, É., & Poulin, R. (2021). Haemosporidian taxonomic composition, network centrality and partner fidelity between resident and migratory avian hosts. Oecologia, 197, 501-509. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-05031-5

Ni, S., Doherty, J.-F., & Poulin, R. (2021). Convergent patterns of body size variation in distinct parasite taxa with convergent life cycles. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 30, 2382-2392. doi: 10.1111/geb.13389

Poulin, R. (2021). The rise of ecological parasitology: Twelve landmark advances that changed its history [Invited Review]. International Journal for Parasitology, 51, 1073-1084. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.07.001

Poulin, R., & Filion, A. (2021). Evolution of social behaviour in an infectious world: Comparative analysis of social network structure versus parasite richness. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 75, 105. doi: 10.1007/s00265-021-03039-8

Friesen, O., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2021). Temperature and multiple parasites combine to alter host community structure. Oikos, 130, 1500-1511. doi: 10.1111/oik.07813

Doherty, J.-F., Filion, A., Bennett, J., Bhattarai, U. R., Chai, X., de Angeli Dutra, D., … Jorge, F., Milotic, M., Park, E., Sabadel, A. J. M., Thomas, L. J., & Poulin, R. (2021). The people versus science: Can passively crowdsourced internet data shed light on host-parasite interactions? Parasitology, 148, 1313-1319. doi: 10.1017/s0031182021000962

Hayward, A., Poulin, R., & Nakagawa, S. (2021). A broadscale analysis of host-symbiont cophylogeny reveals the drivers of phylogenetic congruence. Ecology Letters, 24, 1681-1696. doi: 10.1111/ele.13757

Park, E., & Poulin, R. (2021). Two parasites in one host: Spatiotemporal dynamics and co-occurrence of Microsporidia and Rickettsia in an amphipod host. Parasitology. doi: 10.1017/s0031182021000810

Park, E., & Poulin, R. (2021). Revisiting the phylogeny of microsporidia. International Journal for Parasitology, 51, 855-864. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.02.005

de Angeli Dutra, D., Fecchio, A., Martins Braga, E., & Poulin, R. (2021). Migratory birds have higher prevalence and richness of avian haemosporidian parasites than residents. International Journal for Parasitology, 51, 877-882. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.03.001

Poulin, R., & de Angeli Dutra, D. (2021). Animal migrations and parasitism: Reciprocal effects within a unified framework. Biological Reviews, 96, 1311-1348. doi: 10.1111/brv.12704

da Silva, G. G., Poulin, R., & Guillermo-Ferreira, R. (2021). Do latitudinal and bioclimatic gradients drive parasitism in Odonata? International Journal for Parasitology, 51, 463-470. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.11.008

Poulin, R., Bennett, J., Filion, A., Bhattarai, U. R., Chai, X., de Angeli Dutra, D., Donlon, E., Doherty, J.-F., Jorge, F., Milotic, M., Park, E., Sabadel, A., & Thomas, L. J. (2021). iParasitology: Mining the internet to test parasitological hypotheses. Trends in Parasitology, 37(4), 267-272. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.01.003

Paterson, R. A., Viozzi, G. P., Rauque, C. A., Flores, V. R., & Poulin, R. (2021). A global assessment of parasite diversity in galaxiid fishes. Diversity, 13, 27. doi: 10.3390/d13010027

Martins, P. M., Poulin, R., & Gonçalves‐Souza, T. (2021). Integrating climate and host richness as drivers of global parasite diversity. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 30, 196-204. doi: 10.1111/geb.13213

Stumbo, A., Poulin, R., & Ruehle, B. (2021). Altered neuronal activity in the visual processing region of eye-fluke-infected fish. Parasitology, 148, 115-121. doi: 10.1017/s0031182020001948

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (2021). Functional biogeography of parasite traits: Hypotheses and evidence. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376(1837), 20200365. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0365

Blasco-Costa, I., Hayward, A., Poulin, R., & Balbuena, J. A. (2021). Next-generation cophylogeny: Unravelling eco-evolutionary processes [Opinion]. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36(10), 907-918. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.06.006

Bennett, J., Presswell, B., & Poulin, R. (2021). Biodiversity of marine helminth parasites in New Zealand: What don’t we know? New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 56(2), 175-190. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2021.1914689

Runghen, R., Poulin, R., Monlleó-Borrull, C., & Llopis-Belenguer, C. (2021). Network analysis: Ten years shining light on host-parasite interactions. Trends in Parasitology, 37(5), 445-455. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.01.005

Bouwmeester, M. M., Goedknegt, M. A., Poulin, R., & Thieltges, D. W. (2021). Collateral diseases: Aquaculture impacts on wildlife infections. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58, 453-464. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13775

2020

Journal - Research Article

Selbach, C., & Poulin, R. (2020). Some like it hotter: Trematode transmission under changing temperature conditions. Oecologia, 194, 745-755. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04800-y

Filion, A., Eriksson, A., Jorge, F., Niebuhr, C. N., & Poulin, R. (2020). Large-scale disease patterns explained by climatic seasonality and host traits. Oecologia, 194, 723-733. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04782-x

Hay, E. M., Poulin, R., & Jorge, F. (2020). Macroevolutionary dynamics of parasite diversification: A reality check. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33, 1758-1769. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13714

Park, E., & Poulin, R. (2020). Widespread Torix Rickettsia in New Zealand amphipods and the use of blocking primers to rescue host COI sequences. Scientific Reports, 10, 16842. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73986-1

Ruehle, B. P., & Poulin, R. (2020). Potential multidimensional behavioural impacts of differential infection in two fish populations. Behaviour, 157(10/11), 901-922. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-bja10029

Park, E., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2020). Shared geographic histories and dispersal contribute to congruent phylogenies between amphipods and their microsporidian parasites at regional and global scales. Molecular Ecology, 29, 3330-3345. doi: 10.1111/mec.15562

Jorge, F., Dheilly, N. M., & Poulin, R. (2020). Persistence of a core microbiome through the ontogeny of a multi-host parasite. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 954. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00954

Giari, L., Ruehle, B., Fano, E. A., Castaldelli, G., & Poulin, R. (2020). Temporal dynamics of species associations in the parasite community of European eels, Anguilla anguilla, from a coastal lagoon. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 12, 67-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.05.001

Poulin, R. (2020). Meta-analysis of seasonal dynamics of parasite infections in aquatic ecosystems. International Journal for Parasitology, 50, 501-510. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.03.006

Ruehle, B., & Poulin, R. (2020). Risky business: Influence of eye flukes on use of risky microhabitats and conspicuousness of a fish host. Parasitology Research, 119, 423-430. doi: 10.1007/s00436-019-06589-z

Mestre, A., Poulin, R., & Hortal, J. (2020). A niche perspective on the range expansion of symbionts. Biological Reviews, 95, 491-516. doi: 10.1111/brv.12574

Eriksson, A., Doherty, J.-F., Fischer, E., Graciolli, G., & Poulin, R. (2020). Hosts and environment overshadow spatial distance as drivers of bat fly species composition in the Neotropics. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 736-747. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13757

Friesen, O. C., Goellner, S., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2020). Parasites shape community structure and dynamics in freshwater crustaceans. Parasitology, 147, 182-193. doi: 10.1017/s0031182019001483

Berkhout, B. W., Borregaard, M. K., Brandl, R., Brändle, M., Dehling, D. M., Hof, C., Poulin, R., & Thieltges, D. W. (2020). Host assemblage and environment shape β‐diversity of freshwater parasites across diverse taxa at a continental scale. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 29, 38-49. doi: 10.1111/geb.13005

Randhawa, H. S., & Poulin, R. (2020). Tapeworm discovery in elasmobranch fishes: Quantifying patterns and identifying their correlates. Marine & Freshwater Research, 71, 78-88. doi: 10.1071/MF18418

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R., Bennett, J., de Angeli Dutra, D., Doherty, J.-F., Filion, A., Park, E., & Ruehle, B. (2020). Evolutionary signature of ancient parasite pressures, or the ghost of parasitism past. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution, 8, 195. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00195

Timi, J. T., & Poulin, R. (2020). Why ignoring parasites in fish ecology is a mistake. International Journal for Parasitology, 50(10-11), 755-761. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.04.007

Poulin, R., Presswell, B., & Jorge, F. (2020). The state of fish parasite discovery and taxonomy: A critical assessment and a look forward. International Journal for Parasitology, 50, 733-742. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.12.009

2019

Journal - Research Article

Herbison, R., Evans, S., Doherty, J.-F., Algie, M., Kleffmann, T., & Poulin, R. (2019). A molecular war: Convergent and ontogenetic evidence for adaptive host manipulation in related parasites infecting divergent hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1915), 20191827. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1827

Doherty, J.-F., Chai, X., & Poulin, R. (2019). Varying levels of melanotic encapsulation of gordiid hairworm cysts (Nematomorpha) by aquatic insect larvae: Seasonal and host effects. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 168, 107258. doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2019.107258

Mestre, A., Poulin, R., Holt, R. D., Barfield, M., Clamp, J. C., Fernandez-Leborans, G., & Mesquita-Joanes, F. (2019). The interplay of nested biotic interactions and the abiotic environment regulates populations of a hypersymbiont. Journal of Animal Ecology, 88, 1998-2010. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.13091

Ruehle, B., & Poulin, R. (2019). No impact of a presumed manipulative parasite on the responses and susceptibility of fish to simulated predation. Ethology, 125, 745-754. doi: 10.1111/eth.12927

Selbach, C., Jorge, F., Dowle, E., Bennett, J., Chai, X., Doherty, J.-F., … Filion, A., Hay, E., Herbison, R., Lindner, J., Park, E., Presswell, B., Ruehle, B., … Wainwright, E., & Poulin, R. (2019). Parasitological research in the molecular age. Parasitology, 146(11), 1361-1370. doi: 10.1017/S0031182019000726

Maceda-Veiga, A., Mac Nally, R., Green, A. J., Poulin, R., & de Sostoa, A. (2019). Major determinants of the occurrence of a globally invasive parasite in riverine fish over large-scale environmental gradients. International Journal for Parasitology, 49, 625-634. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.03.002

Selbach, C., Rosenkranz, M., & Poulin, R. (2019). Cercarial behavior determines risk of predation. Journal of Parasitology, 105(2), 330-333. doi: 10.1645/18-165

Bennett, J., Jorge, F., Poulin, R., & Randhawa, H. (2019). Revealing trophic transmission pathways of marine tapeworms. Parasitology Research, 118, 1435-1444. doi: 10.1007/s00436-019-06264-3

Friesen, O. C., Goellner, S., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2019). Parasite infection reduces predation risk by dragonfly larvae in crustacean prey. Hydrobiologia, 835, 63-70. doi: 10.1007/s10750-019-3929-4

Poulin, R., Hay, E., & Jorge, F. (2019). Taxonomic and geographic bias in the genetic study of helminth parasites. International Journal for Parasitology, 49, 429-435. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.12.005

Vielma, S., Lagrue, C., Poulin, R., & Selbach, C. (2019). Non-host organisms impact transmission at two different life stages in a marine parasite. Parasitology Research, 118, 111-117. doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-6121-2

Poulin, R., & Jorge, F. (2019). The geography of parasite discovery across taxa and over time. Parasitology, 146, 168-175. doi: 10.1017/S003118201800118X

Journal - Research Other

Dheilly, N. M., Martínez, J. M., Rosario, K., Brindley, P. J., Fichorova, R. N., Kaye, J. Z., … Poulin, R., … Thompson, L. R. (2019). Parasite microbiome project: Grand challenges. PLoS Pathogens, 15(10), e1008028. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008028

Lehnert, K., Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2019). Checklist of marine mammal parasites in New Zealand and Australian waters. Journal of Helminthology, 93, 649-676. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X19000361

Poulin, R., Kamiya, T., & Lagrue, C. (2019). Evolution, phylogenetic distribution and functional ecology of division of labour in trematodes. Parasites & Vectors, 12, 5. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3241-6

Poulin, R. (2019). Best practice guidelines for studies of parasite community ecology. Journal of Helminthology, 93, 8-11. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X18000767

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ruehle, B., & Poulin, R. (2019). Risky business: Influence of eye-flukes on use of "risky" microhabitats and conspicuousness of a fish host. Proceedings of the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (AFSS) and New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Joint Conference. Retrieved from https://www.afssconference.org.au

Chai, X., Poulin, R., & Doherty, J.-F. (2019). Hidden interactions between hairworms and their intermediate freshwater hosts. Proceedings of the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (AFSS) and New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Joint Conference. Retrieved from https://www.afssconference.org.au

Park, E., & Poulin, R. (2019). Uncovering hidden diversity: Microsporidians from New Zealand freshwater amphipods. Proceedings of the Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (AFSS) and New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Joint Conference. Retrieved from https://www.afssconference.org.au

Dowle, E., Day, R., Bhattarai, U., Poulin, R., Doherty, J., & Gemmell, N. (2019). Genomic hijacking: How parasitic worms manipulate their hosts. Proceedings of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) Conference. Retrieved from https://event.crowdcompass.com/gsa2019

Poulin, R. (2019). Rapid evolution in parasites: New Zealand trematodes keeping up with a changing world. Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society (NZES) Conference. Retrieved from https://confer.eventsair.com/nzes2019

2018

Journal - Research Article

Rosenkranz, M., Lagrue, C., Poulin, R., & Selbach, C. (2018). Small snails, high productivity? Larval output of parasites from an abundant host. Freshwater Biology, 63, 1602-1609. doi: 10.1111/fwb.13189

Rosenkranz, M., Poulin, R., & Selbach, C. (2018). Behavioural impacts of trematodes on their snail host: Species-specific effects or generalised response? Ethology, 124, 790-795. doi: 10.1111/eth.12808

Mouritsen, K. N., Sørensen, M. M., Poulin, R., & Fredensborg, B. L. (2018). Coastal ecosystems on a tipping point: Global warming and parasitism combine to alter community structure and function. Global Change Biology, 24(9), 4340-4356. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14312

Lagrue, C., MacLeod, C. D., Keller, L., & Poulin, R. (2018). Caste ratio adjustments in response to perceived and realised competition in parasites with division of labour. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(5), 1429-1439. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12873

Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2018). Poor geographical match between the distributions of host diversity and parasite discovery effort. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285, 20180072. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0072

McPherson, O. G., Friesen, O. C., Selbach, C., & Poulin, R. (2018). Prior infections or defence priming: What determines the risk of trematode infections in amphipod hosts? Parasitology Research, 117(6), 1915-1923. doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-5885-8

Hay, E., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2018). The comparative phylogeography of shore crabs and their acanthocephalan parasites. Marine Biology, 165(4), 69. doi: 10.1007/s00227-018-3326-y

Selbach, C., & Poulin, R. (2018). Parasites in space and time: A novel method to assess and illustrate host-searching behaviour of trematode cercariae. Parasitology, 145(11), 1469-1474. doi: 10.1017/S0031182018000288

Parker, A. W., Farrell, M. J., Schmidt, J. P., Huang, S., Dallas, T. A., Pappalardo, P., … Poulin, R., … Davies, T. J. (2018). Characterizing the phylogenetic specialism-generalism spectrum of mammal parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1874), 20172613. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2613

Friesen, O. C., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2018). Parasite-mediated microhabitat segregation between congeneric hosts. Biology Letters, 14(2), 20170671. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0671

MacLeod, C., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2018). Save your host, save yourself? Caste-ratio adjustment in a parasite with division of labor and snail host survival following shell damage. Ecology & Evolution, 8(3), 1615-1625. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3782

Jorge, F., Perera, A., Poulin, R., Roca, V., & Carretero, M. A. (2018). Getting there and around: Host range oscillations during colonization of the Canary Islands by the parasitic nematode Spauligodon. Molecular Ecology, 27(2), 533-549. doi: 10.1111/mec.14458

Lagrue, C., Presswell, B., Dunckley, N., & Poulin, R. (2018). The invasive cestode parasite Ligula from salmonids and bullies on the South Island, New Zealand. Parasitology Research, 117(1), 151-156. doi: 10.1007/s00436-017-5684-7

Lane, H. S., Jones, B., & Poulin, R. (2018). Comparative population genetic study of an important marine parasite from New Zealand flat oysters. Marine Biology, 165, 9. doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3260-4

Pérez-Ponce de León, G., & Poulin, R. (2018). An updated look at the uneven distribution of cryptic diversity among parasitic helminths. Journal of Helminthology, 92(2), 197-202. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x17000189

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (2018). Modification of host social networks by manipulative parasites. Behaviour, 155(7-9), 671-688. doi: 10.1163/1568539X-00003456

Bernot, R. J., & Poulin, R. (2018). Ecological stoichiometry for parasitologists. Trends in Parasitology, 34(11), 928-933. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2018.07.008

Herbison, R., Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2018). The missing link in parasite manipulation of host behaviour. Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 222. doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-2805-9

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ruehle, B., & Poulin, R. (2018). Effects of an eye-dwelling parasite on the behaviour of common bully. Proceedings of the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) 50th Annual Conference: Ka mua, ka muri: Looking back, moving forward. (pp. 160). Retrieved from http://nzfss2018.co.nz

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Dowle, E., Poulin, R., Day, R., & Gemmell, N. (2018, August). Genomic hijacking: How parasitic worms manipulate their hosts. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Tobias, Z. J. C., Jorge, F., & Poulin, R. (2017). Life at the beach: Comparative phylogeography of a sandhopper and its nematode parasite reveals extreme lack of parasite mtDNA variation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 122(1), 113-132. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx046

Solórzano-García, B., Gasca-Pineda, J., Poulin, R., & Pérez-Ponce de León, G. (2017). Lack of genetic structure in pinworm populations from New World primates in forest fragments. International Journal for Parasitology, 47(14), 941-950. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.06.008

Lehnert, K., Randhawa, H., & Poulin, R. (2017). Metazoan parasites from odontocetes off New Zealand: New records. Parasitology Research, 116(10), 2861-2868. doi: 10.1007/s00436-017-5573-0

Cirtwill, A. R., Lagrue, C., Poulin, R., & Stouffer, D. B. (2017). Host taxonomy constrains the properties of trophic transmission routes for parasites in lake food webs. Ecology, 98(9), 2401-2412. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1927

Friesen, O. C., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2017). Differential impacts of shared parasites on fitness components among competing hosts. Ecology & Evolution, 7(13), 4682-4693. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3062

Blasco-Costa, I., Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2017). Morphological description and molecular analyses of Tylodelphys sp. (Trematoda: Diplostomidae) newly recorded from the freshwater fish Gobiomorphus cotidianus (common bully) in New Zealand. Journal of Helminthology, 91(3), 332-345. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x16000298

Mockett, S., Bell, T., Poulin, R., & Jorge, F. (2017). The diversity and evolution of nematodes (Pharyngodonidae) infecting New Zealand lizards. Parasitology, 144(5), 680-691. doi: 10.1017/s0031182016002365

Filion, A., Lagrue, C., Presswell, B., & Poulin, R. (2017). Behavioural modification of personality traits: Testing the effect of a trematode on nymphs of the red damselfly Xanthocnemis zealandica. Parasitology Research, 116(6), 1773-1779. doi: 10.1007/s00436-017-5464-4

Cohen, J. E., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2017). Linking parasite populations in hosts to parasite populations in space through Taylor's law and the negative binomial distribution. PNAS, 114(1), E47-E56. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1618803114

Poulin, R., & Pérez-Ponce de León, G. (2017). Global analysis reveals that cryptic diversity is linked with habitat but not mode of life. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30(3), 641-649. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13034

Lagrue, C., Rinnevalli, R., & Poulin, R. (2017). Smelling the future: Subtle life-history adjustments in response to environmental conditions and perceived transmission opportunities in a trematode. Parasitology, 144(4), 464-474. doi: 10.1017/S003118201600192X

Journal - Research Other

Blasco-Costa, I., & Poulin, R. (2017). Parasite life-cycle studies: A plea to resurrect an old parasitological tradition. Journal of Helminthology, 91(6), 647-656. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x16000924

Poulin, R. (2017). [Review of the book Ecological parasitology: Reflections on 50 years of research in aquatic ecosystems]. Quarterly Review of Biology, 92(3), 310-311. [Book Review].

Selbach, C., Seddon, P. J., & Poulin, R. (2017). Parasites lost: Neglecting a crucial element in de-extinction. Trends in Parasitology, 34(1). doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.08.003

Dheilly, N. M., Bolnick, D., Borderstein, S., Brindley, P. J., Figuères, C., Holmes, E. C., … Poulin, R., & Rosario, K. (2017). Parasite microbiome project: systematic investigation of microbiome dynamics within and across parasite-host interactions. mSystems, 2(4), e00050-17. doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00050-17

Thomas, F., Rome, S., Mery, F., Dawson, E., Montagne, J., Biro, P. A., … Poulin, R., … Ujvari, B. (2017). Changes in diet associated with cancer: An evolutionary perspective. Evolutionary Applications, 10(7), 651-657. doi: 10.1111/eva.12465

Poulin, R. (2017). Invasion ecology meets parasitology: Advances and challenges. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 6(3), 361-363. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.03.006

2016

Chapter in Book - Research

Krkosek, M., & Poulin, R. (2016). Infectious disease and the conservation of freshwater fish. In G. P. Closs, M. Krkosek & J. D. Olden (Eds.), Conservation of freshwater fishes. (pp. 215-237). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Maceda-Veiga, A., Green, A. J., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2016). Body condition peaks at intermediate parasite loads in the common bully Gobiomorphus cotidianus. PLoS ONE, 11(12), e0168992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168992

Niebuhr, C. N., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2016). Is avian malaria playing a role in native bird declines in New Zealand? Testing hypotheses along an elevational gradient. PLoS ONE, 11(11), e0165918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165918

Pérez-Ponce de-León, G., García-Varela, M., Pinacho-Pinacho, C. D., Sereno-Uribe, A. L., & Poulin, R. (2016). Species delimitation in trematodes using DNA sequences: Middle-American Clinostomum as a case study. Parasitology, 143(13), 1773-1789. doi: 10.1017/S0031182016001517

Pérez-Ponce de-León, G., & Poulin, R. (2016). Taxonomic distribution of cryptic diversity among metazoans: Not so homogeneous after all. Biology Letters, 12(8), 20160371. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0371

Maure, F., & Poulin, R. (2016). Inequalities in body size among mermithid nematodes parasitizing earwigs. Parasitology Research, 115(12), 4471-4475. doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-5233-9

Stumbo, A. D., & Poulin, R. (2016). Possible mechanism of host manipulation resulting from a diel behaviour pattern of eye-dwelling parasites? Parasitology, 143(10), 1261-1267. doi: 10.1017/S0031182016000810

MacLeod, C. D., & Poulin, R. (2016). Parasitic infection alters the physiological response of a marine gastropod to ocean acidification. Parasitology, 143(11), 1397-1408. doi: 10.1017/s0031182016000913

Born Torrijos, A., Poulin, R., Pérez-del-Olmo, A., Culurgioni, J., Raga, J. A., & Holzer, A. S. (2016). An optimised multi-host trematode life cycle: Fishery discards enhance trophic parasite transmission to scavenging birds. International Journal for Parasitology, 46(11), 745-753. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.06.005

Lawrence, S. A., & Poulin, R. (2016). Detection of the bacterial endosymbiont Neorickettsia in a New Zealand digenean. Parasitology Research, 115(11), 4275-4279. doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-5208-x

Lagrue, C., Heaphy, K., Presswell, B., & Poulin, R. (2016). Strong association between parasitism and phenotypic variation in a supralittoral amphipod. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 553, 111-123. doi: 10.3354/meps11752

Stephens, P. R., Altizer, S., Smith, K. F., Alonso Aguirre, A., Brown, J. H., Budischak, S. A., … Poulin, R. (2016). The macroecology of infectious diseases: A new perspective on global-scale drivers of pathogen distributions and impacts. Ecology Letters, 19(9), 1159-1171. doi: 10.1111/ele.12644

MacLeod, C. D., & Poulin, R. (2016). Parasitic infection: A buffer against ocean acidification? Biology Letters, 12(5), 20160007. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0007

Guilloteau, P., Poulin, R., & MacLeod, C. D. (2016). Impacts of ocean acidification on multiplication and caste organisation of parasitic trematodes in their gastropod host. Marine Biology, 163(5), 96. doi: 10.1007/s00227-016-2871-5

Ujvari, B., Beckmann, C., Biro, P. A., Arnal, A., Tasiemski, A., Massol, F., … Poulin, R., & Thomas, F. (2016). Cancer and life-history traits: Lessons from host—parasite interactions. Parasitology, 143(5), 533-541. doi: 10.1017/S0031182016000147

Tissot, T., Arnal, A., Jacqueline, C., Poulin, R., Lefèvre, T., Mery, F., … Thomas, F. (2016). Host manipulation by cancer cells: Expectations, facts, and therapeutic implications. BioEssays, 38, 276-285. doi: 10.1002/bies.201500163

Poulin, R. (2016). Greater diversification of freshwater than marine parasites of fish. International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs & Drug Resistance, 46(4), 275-279. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.12.002

Harland, H., MacLeod, C. D., & Poulin, R. (2016). Lack of genetic variation in the response of a trematode parasite to ocean acidification. Marine Biology, 163(1), 1. doi: 10.1007/s00227-015-2782-x

Cirtwell, A. R., Stouffer, D. B., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2016). Are parasite richness and abundance linked to prey species richness and individual feeding preferences in fish hosts? Parasitology, 143(1), 75-86. doi: 10.1017/S003118201500150X

Lagrue, C., Joannes, A., Poulin, R., & Blasco-Costa, I. (2016). Genetic structure and host–parasite co-divergence: Evidence for trait-specific local adaptation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118, 344-358. doi: 10.1111/bij.12722

Poulin, R., Besson, A. A., Morin, M. B., & Randhawa, H. S. (2016). Missing links: Testing the completeness of host-parasite checklists. Parasitology, 143(1), 114-122. doi: 10.1017/S0031182015001559

O'Connell-Milne, S. A., Poulin, R., Savage, C., & Rayment, W. (2016). Reduced growth, body condition and foot length of the bivalve Austrovenus stutchburyi in response to parasite infection. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 474, 23-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.09.012

Blasco-Costa, I., Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2016). Species of Apatemon Szidat, 1928 and Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 (Trematoda: Strigeidae) from New Zealand: Linking and characterising life cycle stages with morphology and molecules. Parasitology Research, 115, 271-289. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4744-0

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2016). The scaling of parasite biomass with host biomass in lake ecosystems: Are parasites limited by host resources? Ecography, 39(6), 507-514. doi: 10.1111/ecog.01720

Poulin, R., Blasco-Costa, I., & Randhawa, H. S. (2016). Integrating parasitology and marine ecology: Seven challenges towards greater synergy. Journal of Sea Research, 113, 3-10. doi: 10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.019

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R., & Presswell, B. (2016). Taxonomic quality of species descriptions varies over time and with the number of authors, but unevenly among parasitic taxa. Systematic Biology, 65(6), 1107-1116. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syw053

2015

Journal - Research Article

MacLeod, C. D., & Poulin, R. (2015). Interactive effects of parasitic infection and ocean acidification on the calcification of a marine gastropod. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 537, 137-150. doi: 10.3354/meps11459

Harland, H., MacLeod, C. D., & Poulin, R. (2015). Non-linear effects of ocean acidification on the transmission of a marine intertidal parasite. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 536, 55-64. doi: 10.3354/meps11416

O'Dwyer, K., & Poulin, R. (2015). Taken to the limit: Is desiccation stress causing precocious encystment of trematode parasites in snails? Parasitology International, 64(6), 632-637. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2015.09.001

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2015). Local diversity reduces infection risk across multiple freshwater host-parasite associations. Freshwater Biology, 60(11), 2445-2454. doi: 10.1111/fwb.12677

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2015). Measuring fish body condition with or without parasites: Does it matter? Journal of Fish Biology, 87(4), 836-847. doi: 10.1111/jfb.12749

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2015). Spatial covariation of local abundance among different parasite species: The effect of shared hosts. Parasitology Research, 114(10), 3637-3643. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4590-0

Valois, A. E., & Poulin, R. (2015). Global drivers of parasitism in freshwater plankton communities. Limnology & Oceanography, 60(5), 1707-1718. doi: 10.1002/lno.10127

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2015). Bottom-up regulation of parasite population densities in freshwater ecosystems. Oikos, 124(12), 1639-1647. doi: 10.1111/oik.02164

Dheilly, N. M., Poulin, R., & Frédéric, T. (2015). Biological warfare: Microorganisms as drivers of host–parasite interactions. Infection, Genetics & Evolution, 34, 251-259. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.05.027

MacLeod, C. D., & Poulin, R. (2015). Differential tolerances to ocean acidification by parasites that share the same host. International Journal for Parasitology, 45, 485-493. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2015.02.007

Keeney, D. B., Palladino, J., & Poulin, R. (2015). Broad geographic analyses reveal varying patterns of genetic diversity and host specificity among echinostome trematodes in New Zealand snails. Parasitology, 142(2), 406-415. doi: 10.1017/S0031182014001279

Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2015). The ups and downs of life: Population expansion and bottlenecks of helminth parasites through their complex life cycle. Parasitology, 142(6), 791-799. doi: 10.1017/S0031182014001917

Lagrue, C., Poulin, R., & Cohen, J. E. (2015). Parasitism alters three power laws of scaling in a metazoan community: Taylor's law, density-mass allometry, and variance-mass allometry. PNAS, 112(6), 1791-1796. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1422475112

Nakagawa, S., Poulin, R., Mengersen, K., Reinhold, K., Engqvist, L., Lagisz, M., & Senior, A. M. (2015). Meta-analysis of variation: Ecological and evolutionary applications and beyond. Methods in Ecology & Evolution, 6(2), 143-152. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12309

Randhawa, H. S., Poulin, R., & Krkošek, M. (2015). Increasing rate of species discovery in sharks coincides with sharp population declines: Implications for biodiversity. Ecography, 38(1), 96-107. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00793

Presswell, B., Evans, S., Poulin, R., & Jorge, F. (2015). Morphological and molecular characterization of Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842 (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitizing the introduced European earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) in New Zealand. Journal of Helminthology, 89(3), 267-276. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x14000017

Poulin, R., & Randhawa, H. S. (2015). Evolution of parasitism along convergent lines: From ecology to genomics. Parasitology, 142(S1), S6-S15. doi: 10.1017/s0031182013001674

Poulin, R., & Kamiya, T. (2015). Parasites as biological tags of fish stocks: A meta-analysis of their discriminatory power. Parasitology, 142(Special Issue 01), 145-155. doi: 10.1017/s0031182013001534

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R., & Maure, F. (2015). Host manipulation by parasites: A look back before moving forward. Trends in Parasitology, 31(11), 563-570. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.07.002

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Poulin, R. (2015, November). Phylogeny, geography and abundance as drivers of host-parasite interaction networks. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Ecological Society (NZES) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

O'Dwyer, K., Blasco-Costa, I., Poulin, R., & Faltýnková, A. (2014). Four marine digenean parasites of Austrolittorina spp. (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in New Zealand: Morphological and molecular data. Systematic Parasitology, 89(2), 133-152. doi: 10.1007/s11230-014-9515-2

Herrmann, K. K., Poulin, R., Keeney, D. B., & Blasco-Costa, I. (2014). Genetic structure in a progenetic trematode: Signs of cryptic species with contrasting reproductive strategies. International Journal for Parasitology, 44(11), 811-818. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.06.006

Berkhout, B. W., Lloyd, M. M., Poulin, R., & Studer, A. (2014). Variation among genotypes in responses to increasing temperature in a marine parasite: Evolutionary potential in the face of global warming? International Journal for Parasitology, 44(13), 1019-1027. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.07.002

Kamiya, T., O'Dwyer, K., Nakagawa, S., & Poulin, R. (2014). Host diversity drives parasite diversity: Meta-analytical insights into patterns and causal mechanisms. Ecography, 37(7), 689-697. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00571.x

Gortazar, C., Reperant, L. A., Kuiken, T., de la Fuente, J., Boadella, M., Martínez-Lopez, B., … Poulin, R., … Mysterud, A. (2014). Crossing the interspecies barrier: Opening the door to zoonotic pathogens. PLoS Pathogens, 10(6), e1004129. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004129

Born Torrijos, A., Poulin, R., Raga, J. A., & Holzer, A. S. (2014). Estimating trematode prevalence in snail hosts using a single-step duplex PCR: How badly does cercarial shedding underestimate infection rates? Parasites & Vectors, 7(1), 243. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-243

Jorge, F., Perera, A., Roca, V., Carretero, M. A., Harris, D. J., & Poulin, R. (2014). Evolution of alternative male morphotypes in oxyurid nematodes: A case of convergence? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(8), 1631-1643. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12430

O'Dwyer, K., Lynch, A., & Poulin, R. (2014). Reduced attachment strength of rocky shore gastropods caused by trematode infection. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 458, 1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.04.022

Joannes, A., Lagrue, C., Poulin, R., & Beltran-Bech, S. (2014). Effects of genetic similarity on the life-history strategy of co-infecting trematodes: Are parasites capable of intrahost kin recognition? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(8), 1623-1630. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12413

Lloyd, M. M., & Poulin, R. (2014). Geographic variation in caste ratio of trematode colonies with a division of labour reflect local adaptation. Parasitology Research, 113(7), 2593-2602. doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-3913-x

Studer, A., & Poulin, R. (2014). Analysis of trait mean and variability versus temperature in trematode cercariae: Is there scope for adaptation to global warming? International Journal for Parasitology, 44(6), 403-413. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.02.006

Estrada-Peña, A., Ostfeld, R. S., Peterson, A. T., Poulin, R., & de la Fuente, J. (2014). Effects of environmental change on zoonotic disease risk: An ecological primer. Trends in Parasitology, 30(4), 205-214. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.02.003

Poulin, R. (2014). Parasite biodiversity revisited: Frontiers and constraints [Invited review]. International Journal for Parasitology, 44(9), 581-589. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.02.003

Hadfield, J. D., Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., & Nakagawa, S. (2014). A tale of two phylogenies: Comparative analyses of ecological interactions. American Naturalist, 182(2), 174-187. doi: 10.1086/674445

Krasnov, B. R., Pilosof, S., Stanko, M., Morand, S., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P., Vinarski, M. V., & Poulin, R. (2014). Co-occurrence and phylogenetic distance in communities of mammalian ectoparasites: Limiting similarity versus environmental filtering. Oikos, 123(1), 63-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00646.x

O'Dwyer, K., Kamiya, T., & Poulin, R. (2014). Altered microhabitat use and movement of littorinid gastropods: The effects of parasites. Marine Biology, 161(2), 437-445. doi: 10.1007/s00227-013-2349-7

Lloyd, M. M., & Poulin, R. (2014). Multi-clone infections and the impact of intraspecific competition on trematode colonies with a division of labour. Parasitology, 141(2), 304-310. doi: 10.1017/s0031182013001492

Kamiya, T., O'Dwyer, K., Nakagawa, S., & Poulin, R. (2014). What determines species richness of parasitic organisms? A meta-analysis across animal, plant and fungal hosts. Biological Reviews, 89(1), 123-134. doi: 10.1111/brv.12046

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Valois, A. E., & Poulin, R. (2014). Size doesn't matter: The role of parasites in structuring zooplankton populations at a landscape-scale. Proceedings of the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Retrieved from http://sgmeet.com/jasm2014/program.asp

2013

Journal - Research Article

Kamiya, T., O'Dwyer, K., Nuy, J., & Poulin, R. (2013). What determines the growth of individual castes in social trematodes? Evolutionary Ecology, 27(6), 1235-1247. doi: 10.1007/s10682-013-9646-y

Jorge, F., Carretero, M. A., Roca, V., Poulin, R., & Perera, A. (2013). What you get is what they have? Detectability of intestinal parasites in reptiles using faeces. Parasitology Research, 112(12), 4001-4007. doi: 10.1007/s00436-013-3588-8

Studer, A., Widmann, M., Poulin, R., & Krkošek, M. (2013). Large scale patterns of trematode parasitism in a bivalve host: No evidence for a latitudinal gradient in infection levels. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 491, 125-135. doi: 10.3354/meps10483

Paterson, R. A., Rauque, C. A., Fernandez, M. V., Townsend, C. R., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2013). Native fish avoid parasite spillback from multiple exotic hosts: Consequences of host density and parasite competency. Biological Invasions, 15(10), 2205-2218. doi: 10.1007/s10530-013-0445-8

Studer, A., & Poulin, R. (2013). Differential effects of temperature variability on the transmission of a marine parasite. Marine Biology, 160(10), 2763-2773. doi: 10.1007/s00227-013-2269-6

Thieltges, D. W., Amundsen, P.-A., Hechinger, R. F., Johnson, P. T. J., Lafferty, K. D., Mouritsen, K. N., … Poulin, R. (2013). Parasites as prey in aquatic food webs: Implications for predator infection and parasite transmission. Oikos, 122(10), 1473-1482. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00243.x

Thieltges, D. W., Marcogliese, D. J., Blanar, C. A., & Poulin, R. (2013). Trematode prevalence-occupancy relationships on regional and continental spatial scales in marine gastropod hosts. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 490, 147-154. doi: 10.3354/meps10381

Blasco-Costa, I., & Poulin, R. (2013). Host traits explain the genetic structure of parasites: A meta-analysis. Parasitology, 140(10), 1316-1322. doi: 10.1017/s0031182013000784

Thompson, R. M., Poulin, R., Mouritsen, K. N., & Thieltges, D. W. (2013). Resource tracking in marine parasites: Going with the flow? Oikos, 12(8), 1187-1194. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00245.x

Dunne, J. A., Lafferty, K. D., Dobson, A. P., Hechinger, R. F., Kuris, A. M., Martinez, N. D., … Poulin, R., … Zander, C. D. (2013). Parasites affect food web structure primarily through increased diversity and complexity. PLoS Biology, 11(6), e1001579. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001579

Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., Pilosof, S., & Thieltges, D. W. (2013). Phylogeny determines the role of helminth parasites in intertidal food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82(6), 1265-1275. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12101

Keeney, D. B., Szymaniak, A. D., & Poulin, R. (2013). Complex genetic patterns and a phylogeographic disjunction among New Zealand mud snails Zeacumantus subcarinatus and Z. lutulentus. Marine Biology, 160(6), 1477-1488. doi: 10.1007/s00227-013-2201-0

Studer, A., Kremer, L., Nelles, J., Poulin, R., & Thieltges, D. W. (2013). Biotic interference in parasite transmission: Can the feeding of anemones counteract an increased risk of parasitism in amphipods at higher temperature? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 445, 116-119. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.04.014

Paterson, R. A., Lal, A., Dale, M., Townsend, C. R., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2013). Relative competence of native and exotic fish hosts for two generalist native trematodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites & Wildlife, 2, 136-143. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.03.004

Lloyd, M. M., & Poulin, R. (2013). Reproduction and caste ratios under stress in trematode colonies with a division of labour. Parasitology, 140, 825-832. doi: 10.1017/s0031182012002235

Daniels, R. R., Beltran, S., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2013). Do parasites adopt different strategies in different intermediate hosts? Host size, not host species, influences Coitocaecum parvum (Trematoda) life history strategy, size and egg production. Parasitology, 140(2), 275-283. doi: 10.1017/s0031182012001564

Studer, A., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2013). Local effects of a global problem: Modelling the risk of parasite-induced mortality in an intertidal trematode-amphipod system. Oecologia, 172, 1213-1222. doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2569-4

Poulin, R. (2013). Explaining variability in parasite aggregation levels among host samples. Parasitology, 140(4), 541-546. doi: 10.1017/s0031182012002053

Lacerda, A. C. F., Takemoto, R. M., Poulin, R., & Pavanelli, G. C. (2013). Parasites of the fish Cichla piquiti (Cichlidae) in native and invaded Brazilian basins: Release not from the enemy, but from its effects. Parasitology Research, 112(1), 279-288. doi: 10.1007/s00436-012-3135-z

Lagisz, M., Poulin, R., & Nakagawa, S. (2013). You are where you live: Parasitic nematode mitochondrial genome size is associated with the thermal environment generated by hosts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(3), 683-690. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12068

Kamiya, T., & Poulin, R. (2013). Behavioural plasticity of social trematodes depends upon social context. Biology Letters, 9(1), 20121027. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1027

Poulin, R. (2013). Parasite manipulation of host personality and behavioural syndromes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 18-26. doi: 10.1242/jeb.073353

Kamiya, T., & Poulin, R. (2013). Caste ratios affect the reproductive output of social trematode colonies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 26(3), 509-516. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12062

Studer, A., & Poulin, R. (2013). Cercarial survival in an intertidal trematode: A multifactorial experiment with temperature, salinity and ultraviolet radiation. Parasitology Research, 112(1), 243-249. doi: 10.1007/s00436-012-3131-3

Blasco-Costa, I., Koehler, A. V., Martin, A., & Poulin, R. (2013). Upstream-downstream gradient in infection levels by fish parasites: A common river pattern? Parasitology, 140(2), 266-274. doi: 10.1017/s0031182012001527

2012

Journal - Research Article

Studer, A., Cubillos, V. M., Lamare, M. D., Poulin, R., & Burritt, D. J. (2012). Effects of ultraviolet radiation on an intertidal trematode parasite: An assessment of damage and protection. International Journal for Parasitology, 42(5), 453-461. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.02.014

Hock, S. D., & Poulin, R. (2012). Exposure of the snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum to herbicide boosts output and survival of parasite infective stages. International Journal for Parasitology, 1, 13-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2012.10.002

Paterson, R. A., Townsend, C. R., Tompkins, D. M., & Poulin, R. (2012). Ecological determinants of parasite acquisition by exotic fish species. Oikos, 121, 1889-1895. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20143.x

Lacerda, A. C. F., Takemoto, R. M., Tavares-Dias, M., Poulin, R., & Pavanelli, G. C. (2012). Comparative parasitism of the fish Plagioscion squamosissimus in native and invaded river basins. Journal of Parasitology, 98(4), 713-717. doi: 10.1645/GE-2882.1

Kamiya, T., & Poulin, R. (2012). Parasite-induced behavioural changes to the trade-off between foraging and predator evasion in a marine snail. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 438, 61-67. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.09.002

Koehler, A. V., Brown, B., Poulin, R., Thieltges, D. W., & Fredensborg, B. L. (2012). Disentangling phylogenetic constraints from selective forces in the evolution of trematode transmission stages. Evolutionary Ecology, 26(6), 1497-1512. doi: 10.1007/s10682-012-9558-2

Nakagawa, S., & Poulin, R. (2012). Meta-analytic insights into evolutionary ecology: An introduction and synthesis. Evolutionary Ecology, 26(5), 1085-1099. doi: 10.1007/s10682-012-9593-z

Poulin, R., & Forbes, M. R. (2012). Meta-analysis and research on host-parasite interactions: Past and future. Evolutionary Ecology, 26(5), 1169-1185. doi: 10.1007/s10682-011-9544-0

Lloyd, M. M., & Poulin, R. (2012). Fitness benefits of a division of labour in parasitic trematode colonies with and without competition. International Journal for Parasitology, 42(10), 939-946. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.07.010

Studer, A., & Poulin, R. (2012). Seasonal dynamics in an intertidal mudflat: The case of a complex trematode life cycle. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 455, 79-93. doi: 10.3354/meps09761

Neal, A. T., & Poulin, R. (2012). Substratum preference of Philophthalmus sp. cercariae for cyst formation under natural and experimental conditions. Journal of Parasitology, 98(2), 293-298. doi: 10.1645/JP-GE-2969

Hammond-Tooke, C. A., Nakagawa, S., & Poulin, R. (2012). Parasitism and behavioural syndromes in the fish Gobiomorphus cotidianus. Behaviour, 149(6), 601-622. doi: 10.1163/156853912X648903

MacLeod, C. D., & Poulin, R. (2012). Host-parasite interactions: A litmus test for ocean acidification? Trends in Parasitology, 28(9), 365-369. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.06.007

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2012). Compositional and phylogenetic dissimilarity of host communities drives dissimilarity of ectoparasite assemblages: Geographical variation and scale-dependence. Parasitology, 139(3), 338-347. doi: 10.1017/s0031182011002058

Poulin, R., Closs, G. P., Lill, A. W. T., Hicks, A. S., Herrmann, K. K., & Kelly, D. W. (2012). Migration as an escape from parasitism in New Zealand galaxiid fishes. Oecologia, 169(4), 955-963. doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2251-x

Herrmann, K. K., & Poulin, R. (2012). The missing host hypothesis: Do chemical cues from predators induce life cycle truncation of trematodes within their fish host? Journal of Fish Biology, 80(4), 816-830. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03225.x

Guilhaumon, F., Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., Shenbrot, G. I., & Mouillot, D. (2012). Latitudinal mismatches between the components of mammal-flea interaction networks. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 21(7), 725-731. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00714.x

Moir, M. L., Vesk, P. A., Brennan, K. E. C., Poulin, R., Hughes, L., Keith, D. A., … Coates, D. J. (2012). Considering extinction of dependent species during translocation, ex situ conservation, and assisted migration of threatened hosts. Conservation Biology, 26(2), 199-207. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01826.x

Krkošek, M., Connors, B. M., Lewis, M. A., & Poulin, R. (2012). Allee effects may slow the spread of parasites in a coastal marine ecosystem. American Naturalist, 179(3), 401-412. doi: 10.1086/664458

Krasnov, B. R., Fortuna, M. A., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2012). Phylogenetic signal in module composition and species connectivity in compartmentalized host-parasite networks. American Naturalist, 179(4), 501-511. doi: 10.1086/664612

Poulin, R., Blanar, C. A., Thieltges, D. W., & Marcogliese, D. J. (2012). Scaling up from epidemiology to biogeography: Local infection patterns predict geographical distribution in fish parasites. Journal of Biogeography, 39(6), 1157-1166. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02667.x

Studer, A., Lamare, M. D., & Poulin, R. (2012). Effects of ultraviolet radiation on the transmission process of an intertidal trematode parasite. Parasitology, 139, 537-546. doi: 10.1017/S0031182011002174

Peoples, R. C., Randhawa, H. S., & Poulin, R. (2012). Parasites of polychaetes and their impact on host survival in Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 92(3), 449-455. doi: 10.1017/S0025315411000774

Presswell, B., Poulin, R., & Randhawa, H. S. (2012). First report of a gryporhynchid tapeworm (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from New Zealand and from an eleotrid fish, described from metacestodes and in vitro-grown worms. Journal of Helminthology, 86(4), 453-464. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x11000691

Studer, A., & Poulin, R. (2012). Effects of salinity on an intertidal host-parasite system: Is the parasite more sensitive than its host? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 412, 110-116. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.11.008

Blasco-Costa, I., Waters, J. M., & Poulin, R. (2012). Swimming against the current: Genetic structure, host mobility and the drift paradox in trematode parasites. Molecular Ecology, 21, 207-217. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05374.x

Koehler, A. V., Springer, Y. P., Randhawa, H. S., Leung, T. L. F., Keeney, D. B., & Poulin, R. (2012). Genetic and phenotypic influences on clone-level success and host specialization in a generalist parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, 66-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02402.x

Koehler, A. V., & Poulin, R. (2012). Clone-specific immune reactions in a trematode-crustacean system. Parasitology, 139, 128-136. doi: 10.1017/s0031182011001739

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (2012). Putting parasites into the ecological limelight [Review of the book Parasites in ecological communities: From interactions to ecosystems]. Ecology, 93(1), 216-217. doi: 10.1890/BR-12-1-3.1

2011

Journal - Research Article

Herrmann, K. K., & Poulin, R. (2011). Geographic variation in life cycle strategies of a progenetic trematode. Journal of Parasitology, 98(1), 103-110. doi: 10.1645/GE-2789.1

Thieltges, D. W., Hof, C., Borregaard, M. K., Dehling, D. M., Brändle, M., Brandl, R., & Poulin, R. (2011). Range size patterns in European freshwater trematodes. Ecography, 34(6), 982-989. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06268.x

Dittmer, J., Koehler, A. V., Richard, F.-J., Poulin, R., & Sicard, M. (2011). Variation of parasite load and immune parameters in two species of New Zealand shore crabs. Parasitology Research, 109(3), 759-767. doi: 10.1007/s00436-011-2319-2

Rauque, C. A., Paterson, R. A., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2011). Do different parasite species interact in their effects on host fitness? A case study on parasites of the amphipod Paracalliope fluviatilis. Parasitology, 138(9), 1176-1182. doi: 10.1017/S0031182011000928

Thieltges, D. W., Hof, C., Dehling, D. M., Brändle, M., Brandl, R., & Poulin, R. (2011). Host diversity and latitude drive trematode diversity patterns in the European freshwater fauna. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 20(5), 675-682. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00631.x

Poulin, R., Blanar, C. A., Thieltges, D. W., & Marcogliese, D. J. (2011). The biogeography of parasitism in sticklebacks: Distance, habitat differences and the similarity in parasite occurrence and abundance. Ecography, 34(4), 540-551. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06826.x

Lagrue, C., Kelly, D. W., Hicks, A., & Poulin, R. (2011). Factors influencing infection patterns of trophically transmitted parasites among a fish community: Host diet, host—parasite compatibility or both? Journal of Fish Biology, 79(2), 466-485. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03041.x

Lloyd, M. M., & Poulin, R. (2011). In vitro culture of marine trematodes from their snail first intermediate host. Experimental Parasitology, 129(2), 101-106. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.07.009

Herrmann, K. K., & Poulin, R. (2011). Encystment site affects the reproductive strategy of a progenetic trematode in its fish intermediate host: Is host spawning an exit for parasite eggs? Parasitology, 138(9), 1183-1192. doi: 10.1017/S0031182011000783

Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., & Thieltges, D. W. (2011). The comparative ecology and biogeography of parasites. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, 366(1576), 2379-2390. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0048

Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., & Mouillot, D. (2011). Host specificity in phylogenetic and geographic space. Trends in Parasitology, 27, 355-361. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2011.05.003

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2011). Small worms, big appetites: Ratios of different functional morphs in relation to interspecific competition in trematode parasites. International Journal for Parasitology, 41(10), 1063-1068. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.05.001

Poulin, R., Guilhaumon, F., Randhawa, H., Luque, J. L., & Mouillot, D. (2011). Identifying hotspots of parasite diversity from species—area relationships: Host phylogeny versus host ecology. Oikos, 120(5), 740-747. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19036.x

Koehler, A. V., Springer, Y. P., Keeney, D. B., & Poulin, R. (2011). Intra- and interclonal phenotypic and genetic variability of the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103(1), 106-116. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01640.x

Lei, F., & Poulin, R. (2011). Effects of salinity on multiplication and transmission of an intertidal trematode parasite. Marine Biology, 158(5), 995-1003. doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1625-7

Bates, A. E., Leiterer, F., Wiedeback, M. L., & Poulin, R. (2011). Parasitized snails take the heat: A case of host manipulation? Oecologia, 167(3), 613-621. doi: 10.1007/s00442-011-2014-0

Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., & Mouillot, D. (2011). Scale-dependence of phylogenetic signal in ecological traits of ectoparasites. Ecography, 34(1), 114-122. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06502.x

Paterson, R. A., Townsend, C. R., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2011). Introduced brown trout alter native acanthocephalan infections in native fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 80(5), 990-998. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01834.x

Poulin, R., Paterson, R. A., Townsend, C. R., Tompkins, D. M., & Kelly, D. W. (2011). Biological invasions and the dynamics of endemic diseases in freshwater ecosystems. Freshwater Biology, 56(4), 676-688. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02425.x

Peoples, R. C., & Poulin, R. (2011). Encystment patterns and metacercarial size of an opecoelid trematode in two polychaete hosts. Parasitology Research, 109(3), 865-870. doi: 10.1007/s00436-011-2313-8

Herrmann, K. K., & Poulin, R. (2011). Life cycle truncation in a trematode: Does higher temperature indicate shorter host longevity? International Journal for Parasitology, 41(6), 697-704. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.01.009

Poulin, R. (2011). The many roads to parasitism: A tale of convergence. Advances in Parasitology, 74, 1-40. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385897-9.00001-X

Poulin, R., & Leung, T. L. F. (2011). Body size, trophic level, and the use of fish as transmission routes by parasites. Oecologia, 166(3), 731-738. doi: 10.1007/s00442-011-1906-3

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2011). Intra-host competition between co-infecting digeneans within a bivalve second intermediate host: Dominance by priority-effect or taking advantage of others? International Journal for Parasitology, 41, 449-454. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.11.004

Poulin, R., & Leung, T. L. F. (2011). Latitudinal gradient in the taxonomic composition of parasite communities. Journal of Helminthology, 85, 228-233. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X10000696

Poulin, R. (2011). Uneven distribution of cryptic diversity among higher taxa of parasitic worms. Biology Letters, 7, 241-244. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0640

Koppel, E. M., Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2011). The marine limpet Notoacmea scapha acts as a transmission sink for intertidal cercariae in Otago Harbour, New Zealand. Journal of Helminthology, 85(2), 160-163. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X10000404

Koehler, A. V., Gonchar, A. G., & Poulin, R. (2011). Genetic and environmental determinants of host use in the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis (Microphallidae). Parasitology, 138(1), 100-106. doi: 10.1017/S0031182010001022

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2011). Beta-specificity: The turnover of host species in space and another way to measure host specificity. International Journal for Parasitology, 41, 33-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.06.001

Journal - Research Other

Zander, C. D., Josten, N., Detloff, K. C., Poulin, R., McLaughlin, J. P., & Thieltges, D. W. (2011). Food web including metazoan parasites for a brackish shallow water ecosystem in Germany and Denmark. Ecology, 92(10), 2007. doi: 10.1890/11-0374.1

Mouritsen, K. N., Poulin, R., McLaughlin, J. P., & Thieltges, D. W. (2011). Food web including metazoan parasites for an intertidal ecosystem in New Zealand. Ecology, 92(10), 2006. doi: 10.1890/11-0371.1

Thieltges, D. W., Reise, K., Mouritsen, K. N., McLaughlin, J. P., & Poulin, R. (2011). Food web including metazoan parasites for a tidal basin in Germany and Denmark. Ecology, 92(10), 2005. doi: 10.1890/11-0351.1

2010

Chapter in Book - Research

Poulin, R., & Krasnov, B. R. (2010). Similarity and variability of parasite assemblages across geographical space. In S. Morand & B. R. Krasnov (Eds.), The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. (pp. 115-127). Oxford University Press.

Krasnov, B. R., & Poulin, R. (2010). Ecological properties of a parasite: Species-specific stability and geographical variation. In S. Morand & B. R. Krasnov (Eds.), The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. (pp. 99-113). Oxford University Press.

Bordes, F., Morand, S., Krasnov, B. R., & Poulin, R. (2010). Parasite diversity and latitudinal gradients in terrestrial mammals. In S. Morand & B. R. Krasnov (Eds.), The biogeography of host-parasite interactions. (pp. 89-98). Oxford University Press.

Poulin, R. (2010). Parasite manipulation of host behavior: An update and frequently asked questions. In H. J. Brockmann, T. J. Roper, M. Naguib, K. E. Wynne-Edwards, J. C. Mitani & L. W. Simmons (Eds.), Advances in the Study of Behavior (Vol. 41). (pp. 151-186). London: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/S0065-3454(10)41005-0

Journal - Research Article

Luque, J. L., Vieira, F. M., Herrmann, K., King, T. M., Poulin, R., & Lagrue, C. (2010). New evidence on a cold case: Trophic transmission, distribution and host-specificity in Hedruris spinigera (Nematoda: Hedruridae). Folia Parasitologica, 57(3), 223-231.

Studer, A., Thieltges, D. W., & Poulin, R. (2010). Parasites and global warming: Net effects of temperature on an intertidal host-parasite system. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 415, 11-22. doi: 10.3354/meps08742

Koehler, A. V., & Poulin, R. (2010). Host partitioning by parasites in an intertidal crustacean community. Journal of Parasitology, 96(5), 862-868. doi: 10.1645/GE-2460.1

Randhawa, H. S., & Poulin, R. (2010). Determinants of tapeworm species richness in elasmobranch fishes: Untangling environmental and phylogenetic influences. Ecography, 33(5), 866-877. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06169.x

Thomas, F., Poulin, R., & Brodeur, J. (2010). Host manipulation by parasites: A multidimensional phenomenon. Oikos, 119(8), 1217-1223. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18077.x

Poulin, R., & Leung, T. L. F. (2010). Taxonomic resolution in parasite community studies: Are things getting worse? Parasitology, 137(13), 1967-1973. doi: 10.1017/S0031182010000910

Neuhäuser, M., Kotzmann, J., Walier, M., & Poulin, R. (2010). The comparison of mean crowding between two groups. Journal of Parasitology, 96(3), 477-481. doi: 10.1645/GE-2177.1

Vickery, W. L., & Poulin, R. (2010). The evolution of host manipulation by parasites: A game theory analysis. Evolutionary Ecology, 24(4), 773-788. doi: 10.1007/s10682-009-9334-0

Poulin, R. (2010). Network analysis shining light on parasite ecology and diversity. Trends in Parasitology, 26(10), 492-498. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.05.008

Fortuna, M. A., Stouffer, D. B., Olesen, J. M., Jordano, P., Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., & Bascompte, J. (2010). Nestedness versus modularity in ecological networks: Two sides of the same coin? Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(4), 811-817. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01688.x

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2010). Deconstructing spatial patterns in species composition of ectoparasite communities: The relative contribution of host composition, environmental variables and geography. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 19, 515-526. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00529.x

Rossin, M. A., Malizia, A. I., Timi, J. T., & Poulin, R. (2010). Parasitism underground: Determinants of helminth infections in two species of subterranean rodents (Octodontidae). Parasitology, 137(10), 1569-1575. doi: 10.1017/S0031182010000351

Timi, J. T., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Poulin, R. (2010). Consequences of microhabitat selection for reproductive success in the parasitic copepod Neobrachiella spinicephala (Lernaeopodidae). Parasitology, 137(11), 492-498. doi: 10.1017/S0031182010000594

Randhawa, H. S., & Poulin, R. (2010). Evolution of interspecific variation in size of attachment structures in the large tapeworm genus Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae). Parasitology, 137(11), 1707-1720. doi: 10.1017/S0031182010000569

Thieltges, D. W., Dolch, T., Krakau, M., & Poulin, R. (2010). Salinity gradient shapes distance decay of similarity among parasite communities in three marine fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 76(7), 1806-1814. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02618.x

Leung, T. L. F., Keeney, D. B., & Poulin, R. (2010). Genetics, intensity-dependence, and host manipulation in the trematode Curtuteria australis: Following the strategies of others? Oikos, 119(2), 393-400. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17840.x

Bates, A. E., Poulin, R., & Lamare, M. D. (2010). Spatial variation in parasite-induced mortality in an amphipod: Shore height versus exposure history. Oecologia, 163, 651-659. doi: 10.1007/s00442-010-1593-5

Kelly, D. W., Poulin, R., Tompkins, D. M., & Townsend, C. R. (2010). Synergistic effects of glyphosate formulation and parasite infection on fish malformations and survival. Journal of Applied Ecology, 47(2), 498-504. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01791.x

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2010). Manipulative parasites in the world of veterinary science: Implications for epidemiology and pathology. Veterinary Journal, 184(1), 9-13. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.01.015

Johnson, P. T. J., Dobson, A., Lafferty, K. D., Marcogliese, D. J., Memmott, J., Orlofske, S. A., Poulin, R., & Thieltges, D. W. (2010). When parasites become prey: Ecological and epidemiological significance of eating parasites. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 25(6), 362-371. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.01.005

Timi, J. T., Luque, J. L., & Poulin, R. (2010). Host ontogeny and the temporal decay of similarity in parasite communities of marine fish. International Journal for Parasitology, 40(8), 963-968. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.02.005

Poulin, R. (2010). The scaling of dose with host body mass and the determinants of success in experimental cercarial infections. International Journal for Parasitology, 40(3), 371-377. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.09.001

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2010). Infection success of different trematode genotypes in two alternative intermediate hosts: Evidence for intraspecific specialization? Parasitology, 137(2), 321-328. doi: 10.1017/s0031182009991107

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., Vinarski, M. V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P., & Poulin, R. (2010). Similarity in ectoparasite faunas of Palaearctic rodents as a function of host phylogenetic, geographic or environmental distances: Which matters the most? International Journal for Parasitology, 40, 807-817. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.12.002

Kelly, D. W., Thomas, H., Thieltges, D. W., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2010). Trematode infection causes malformations and population effects in a declining New Zealand fish. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(2), 445-452. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01636.x

Coats, J., Poulin, R., & Nakagawa, S. (2010). The consequences of parasitic infections for host behavioural correlations and repeatability. Behaviour, 147(3), 367-382. doi: 10.1163/000579509x12574307194101

Vidal-Martinez, V. M., Pech, D., Sures, B., Purucker, S. T., & Poulin, R. (2010). Can parasites really reveal environmental impact? Trends in Parasitology, 26(1), 44-51. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.11.001

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2010). Parasitism as a determinant of community structure on intertidal flats. Marine Biology, 157(1), 201-213. doi: 10.1007/s00227-009-1310-2

Poulin, R. (2010). The selection of experimental doses and their importance for parasite success in metacercarial infection studies. Parasitology, 137, 889-898. doi: 10.1017/S0031182009991624

Poulin, R. (2010). Decay of similarity with host phylogenetic distance in parasite faunas. Parasitology, 137, 733-741. doi: 10.1017/S0031182009991491

Journal - Research Other

Thomas, F., Poulin, R., & Brodeur, J. (2010). Infection syndrome and multidimensionality: Two terms for two different issues. Oikos, 119(8), 1230. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18975.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Poulin, R. (2010). Evolution of sea lice in salmon farms. Proceedings of the 8th International Sea Lice Conference. (pp. 66). Retrieved from http://www.sealice2010.com/main.php?site=papers

Thomas, H., Kelly, D., & Poulin, R. (2010). How well can kinky fish swim? Trematode infections in a threatened species. New Zealand Ecological Society Annual Conference: Biodiversity: 2010 and Beyond. (pp. 120). Retrieved from http://www.nzesconference.org.nz/programme

Kelly, D. W., Tompkins, D. M., Poulin, R., & Townsend, C. R. (2010). Synergistic effects of glyphosate formulation and parasite infection on fish malformations and survival. New Zealand Ecological Society Annual Conference: Biodiversity: 2010 and Beyond. (pp. 124). Retrieved from http://www.nzesconference.org.nz/programme

Studer, A., & Poulin, R. (2010). Parasites and climate change: Effects of environmental factors on an intertidal host-parasite system. Proceedings of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society 50th Anniversary Conference. (pp. 126). NZMSS. Retrieved from www.nzmss.org/conference

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Paterson, R., Rauque, C., Townsend, C., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. (2010, February). Exotic species influencing native parasites: A cause for concern? Verbal presentation at the VI Southern Connection Congress, Bariloche, Argentina.

Poulin, R. (2010, May). Evolution of sea lice in salmon farms. Plenary presentation at the 8th International Sea Lice Conference, Victoria, Canada.

2009

Chapter in Book - Research

Johns, P., Newman, L. J., Hollemann, J. J., Dawson, E. W., Sterrer, W., Allison, F. R., … Poulin, R. (2009). Phylum Platyhelminthes: Flatworms, tapeworms, flukes. In D. P. Gordon (Ed.), New Zealand inventory of biodiversity (Vol. 1) Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. (pp. 102-128). Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.

Lebarbenchon, C., Poulin, R., & Thomas, F. (2009). Parasitism, biodiversity, and conservation biology. In F. Thomas, J.-F. Guégan & F. Renaud (Eds.), Ecology and evolution of parasitism. (pp. 149-160). Oxford University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Keeney, D. B., King, T. M., Rowe, D. L., & Poulin, R. (2009). Contrasting mtDNA diversity and population structure in a direct-developing marine gastropod and its trematode parasites. Molecular Ecology, 18(22), 4591-4603. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04388.x

Randhawa, H. S., & Poulin, R. (2009). Determinants and consequences of interspecific body size variation in tetraphyllidean tapeworms. Oecologia, 161, 759-769. doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1410-1

Koprivnikar, J., & Poulin, R. (2009). Interspecific and intraspecific variation in cercariae release. Journal of Parasitology, 95(1), 14-19.

Lefèvre, T., Lebarbenchon, C., Gauthier-Clerc, M., Missé, D., Poulin, R., & Thomas, F. (2009). The ecological significance of manipulative parasites. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 24(1), 41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.08.007

Leung, T. L. F., Donald, K. M., Keeney, D. B., Koehler, A. V., Peoples, R. C., & Poulin, R. (2009). Trematode parasites of Otago Harbour (New Zealand) soft-sediment intertidal ecosystems: Life cycles, ecological roles and DNA barcodes. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 43(4), 857-865. doi: 10.1080/00288330909510044

Thieltges, D. W., Fredensborg, B. L., Studer, A., & Poulin, R. (2009). Large-scale patterns in trematode richness and infection levels in marine crustacean hosts. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 389, 139-147. doi: 10.3354/meps08188

Koprivnikar, J., & Poulin, R. (2009). Effects of temperature, salinity, and water level on the emergence of marine cercariae. Parasitology Research, 105(4), 957-965. doi: 10.1007/s00436-009-1477-y

Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, including Koehler, A. V., Poulin, R., & Springer, Y. P. (2009). Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 January 2009-30 April 2009. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(5), 1375-1379. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02746.x

Kelly, D. W., Paterson, R. A., Townsend, C. R., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2009). Has the introduction of brown trout altered disease patterns in native New Zealand fish? Freshwater Biology, 54(9), 1805-1818. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02228.x

Thieltges, D. W., Ferguson, M. A. D., Jones, C. S., Noble, L. R., & Poulin, R. (2009). Biogeographical patterns of marine larval trematode parasites in two intermediate snail hosts in Europe. Journal of Biogeography, 36(8), 1493-1501. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02066.x

Kelly, D. W., Paterson, R. A., Townsend, C. R., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2009). Parasite spillback: A neglected concept in invasion ecology? Ecology, 90(8), 2047-2056.

Thieltges, D. W., Saldanha, I., Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2009). Contribution of parasites to intra- and inter-site variation in shell morphology of a marine gastropod. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 89(3), 563-568. doi: 10.1017/s0025315408002294

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2009). Life cycle abbreviation in trematode parasites and the developmental time hypothesis: Is the clock ticking? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 22(8), 1727-1738. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01787.x

Poulin, R. (2009). Morphological diversification in different trematode lineages: Body size, host type, or time? Parasitology, 136(1), 85-92. doi: 10.1017/S0031182008005179

Leung, T. L. F., Poulin, R., & Keeney, D. B. (2009). Accumulation of diverse parasite genotypes within the bivalve second intermediate host of the digenean Gymnophallus sp. International Journal for Parasitology, 39(3), 327-331. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.07.003

Lagrue, C., Poulin, R., & Keeney, D. B. (2009). Effects of clonality in multiple infections on the life-history strategy of the trematode Coitocaecum parvum in its amphipod intermediate host. Evolution, 63(6), 1417-1426. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00619.x

Thieltges, D. W., Ferguson, M. A. D., Jones, C. S., Krakau, M., de Montaudouin, X., Noble, L. R., … Poulin, R. (2009). Distance decay of similarity among parasite communities of three marine invertebrate hosts. Oecologia, 160(1), 163-173. doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1276-2

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2009). Heritability and short-term effects of inbreeding in the progenetic trematode Coitocaecum parvum: Is there a need for the definitive host? Parasitology, 136(2), 231-240. doi: 10.1017/S0031182008005325

Thieltges, D. W., Fredensborg, B. L., & Poulin, R. (2009). Geographical variation in metacercarial infection levels in marine invertebrate hosts: Parasite species character versus local factors. Marine Biology, 156(5), 983-990. doi: 10.1007/s00227-009-1142-0

Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P., Krasnov, B. R., Vinarski, M. V., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2009). Stability in abundance and niche breadth of gamasid mites across environmental conditions, parasite identity and host pools. Evolutionary Ecology, 23(3), 329-345. doi: 10.1007/s10682-007-9229-x

Poulin, R. (2009). Interspecific allometry of morphological traits among trematode parasites: Selection and constraints. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96(3), 533-540. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01163.x

Keeney, D. B., Bryan-Walker, K., Khan, N., King, T. M., & Poulin, R. (2009). The influence of clonal diversity and intensity-dependence on trematode infections in an amphipod. Parasitology, 136(3), 339-348. doi: 10.1017/s0031182005416

Krasnov, B. R., Vinarski, M. V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P., Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2009). Inferring associations among parasitic gamasid mites from census data. Oecologia, 160(1), 175-185. doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1278-0

Poulin, R. (2009). Character combinations, convergence and diversification in ectoparasitic arthropods. International Journal for Parasitology, 39(10), 1165-1171. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.02.008

Saldanha, I., Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2009). Causes of intraspecific variation in body size among trematode metacercariae. Journal of Helminthology, 83, 289-293. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X09224175

Leung, T. L. F., Keeney, D. B., & Poulin, R. (2009). Cryptic species complexes in manipulative echinostomatid trematodes: When two become six. Parasitology, 136(2), 241-252. doi: 10.1017/S0031182008005374

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Poulin, R. (2009). The ecology and evolution of parasite transmission in a changing world. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 36(4), (pp. 479). doi: 10.1080/03014223.2009.9651480

2008

Journal - Research Article

Thieltges, D. W., Jensen, K. T., & Poulin, R. (2008). The role of biotic factors in the transmission of free-living endohelminth stages. Parasitology, 135(4), 407-426. doi: 10.1017/S0031182007000248

Poulin, R., Luque, J. L., Guilhaumon, F., & Mouillot, D. (2008). Species abundance distributions and numerical dominance in gastrointestinal helminth communities of fish hosts. Journal of Helminthology, 82(3), 193-202. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X08982626

Poulin, R., Beveridge, I., & Spratt, D. M. (2008). Spatial scaling laws do not structure strongyloid nematode communities in macropodid hosts. International Journal for Parasitology, 38(10), 1171-1177. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.01.006

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2008). Size-dependent pattern of metacercariae accumulation in Macomona liliana: The threshold for infection in a dead-end host. Parasitology Research, 104(1), 177-180. doi: 10.1007/s00436-008-1166-2

Krasnov, B. R., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P., Vinarski, M. V., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2008). Searching for general patterns in parasite ecology: Host identity versus environmental influence on gamasid mite assemblages in small mammals. Parasitology, 135(2), 229-242. doi: 10.1017/S003118200700368X

Miller, A., Inglis, G. J., & Poulin, R. (2008). Use of the introduced bivalve, Musculista senhousia, by generalist parasites of native New Zealand bivalves. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 42(2), 143-151. doi: 10.1080/00288330809509944

Keeney, D. B., Lagrue, C., Bryan-Walker, K., Kahn, N., Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2008). The use of fluorescent fatty acid analogs as labels in trematode experimental infections. Experimental Parasitology, 120(1), 15-20. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.04.010

Leung, T. L. F., King, T. M., Poulin, R., & Keeney, D. B. (2008). Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for the trematode Curtuteria australis (Echinostomatidae). Molecular Ecology Resources, 8(5), 1046-1048. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02150.x

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2008). Parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism: Exploring the many shades of symbioses. Vie et Milieu, 58(2), 107-115.

Lafferty, K. D., Allesina, S., Arim, M., Briggs, C. J., De Leo, G., Dobson, A. P., … Poulin, R., & Thieltges, D. W. (2008). Parasites in food webs: The ultimate missing links. Ecology Letters, 11(6), 533-546. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01174.x

Thieltges, D. W., de Montaudouin, X., Fredensborg, B., Thomas Jensen, K., Koprivnikar, J., & Poulin, R. (2008). Production of marine trematode cercariae: A potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 372, 147-155. doi: 10.3354/meps07703

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2008). Scale-invariance of niche breadth in fleas parasitic on small mammals. Ecography, 31(5), 630-635. doi: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.05522.

Pérez-Del Olmo, A., Fernandez, M., Raga, J. A., Kostadinova, A., & Poulin, R. (2008). Halfway up the trophic chain: Development of parasite communities in the sparid fish Boops boops. Parasitology, 135(2), 257-268. doi: 10.1017/S0031182007003691

Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B. R., & Poulin, R. (2008). High intervality explained by phylogenetic constraints in host-parasite webs. Ecology, 89(7), 2043-2051. doi: 10.1890/07-1241.1

Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2008). Connectance and parasite diet breadth in flea-mammal webs. Ecography, 31(1), 16-20. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.05231.x

Poulin, R., & Justine, J.-L. (2008). Linking species abundance distributions and body size in monogenean communities. Parasitology Research, 103(1), 187-193. doi: 10.1007/s00436-008-0953-0

Hopper, J. V., Poulin, R., & Thieltges, D. W. (2008). Buffering role of the intertidal anemone Anthopleura aureoradiata in cercarial transmission from snails to crabs. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 367(2), 153-156. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.09.013

Keeney, D. B., Bryan-Walker, K., King, T. M., & Poulin, R. (2008). Local variation of within-host clonal diversity coupled with genetic homogeneity in a marine trematode. Marine Biology, 154(1), 183-190. doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-0914-2

Keeney, D. B., King, T. M., Boessenkool, S., Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2008). Effects of interspecific competition on asexual proliferation and clonal genetic diversity in larval trematode infections of snails. Parasitology, 135(6), 741-747. doi: 10.1017/S0031182008004435

Poulin, R., & Thomas, F. (2008). Epigenetic effects of infection on the phenotype of host offspring: Parasites reaching across host generations. Oikos, 117(3), 331-335. doi: 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.16435.x

Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2008). Interaction frequency across the geographical range as a determinant of host specialisation in generalist fleas. International Journal for Parasitology, 38(8-9), 989-997. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.01.001

Poulin, R., & Keeney, D. B. (2008). Host specificity under molecular and experimental scrutiny. Trends in Parasitology, 24(1), 24-28. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.10.002

Lefèvre, T., Roche, B., Poulin, R., Hurd, H., Renaud, F., & Thomas, F. (2008). Exploiting host compensatory responses: The 'must' of manipulation? Trends in Parasitology, 24(10), 435-439. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.06.006

Lebarbenchon, C., Brown, S. P., Poulin, R., Gauthier-Clerc, M., & Thomas, F. (2008). Evolution of pathogens in a man-made world. Molecular Ecology, 17(1), 475-484. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03375.x

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2008). Lack of seasonal variation in the life-history strategies of the trematode Coitocaecum parvum: No apparent environmental effect. Parasitology, 135(10), 1243-1251. doi: 10.1017/S0031182008004782

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2008). Intra- and interspecific competition among helminth parasites: Effects on Coitocaecum parvum life history strategy, size and fecundity. International Journal for Parasitology, 38(12), 1435-1444. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.04.006

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., Vinarski, M., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N., & Poulin, R. (2008). Geographical patterns of abundance: Testing expectations of the 'abundance optimum' model in two taxa of ectoparasitic arthropods. Journal of Biogeography, 35(12), 2187-2194. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01978.x

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2008). Latitudinal gradients in niche breadth: Empirical evidence from haematophagous ectoparasites. Journal of Biogeography, 35(4), 592-601. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01800.x

Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2008). How are the host spectra of hematophagous parasites shaped over evolutionary time? Random choice vs selection of a phylogenetic lineage. Parasitology Research, 102(6), 1157-1164. doi: 10.1007/s00436-008-0884-9

Krasnov, B. R., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2008). Geographic patterns of diversification: An example with ectoparasitic insects. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 95(4), 807-814.

Luque, J. L., & Poulin, R. (2008). Linking ecology with parasite diversity in Neotropical fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 72(1), 189-204. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01695.x

Martorelli, S. R., Fredensborg, B. L., Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2008). Four trematode cercariae from the New Zealand intertidal snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Batillariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 35(1), 73-84. doi: 10.1080/03014220809510104

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Kelly, D. J., Paterson, R. A., Townsend, C. R., Poulin, R., & Tompkins, D. M. (2008, November). Has brown trout introduction altered disease patterns in native New Zealand fish? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Freshwater Sciences Society (NZFSS) Conference: Back to Science: The Importance of Fresh Water Science to Freshwater Management, New Plymouth, New Zealand.

2007

Authored Book - Research

Poulin, R. (2007). Evolutionary ecology of parasites (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press, 342p.

Journal - Research Article

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2007). Geographical variation in the 'bottom-up' control of diversity: Fleas and their small mammalian hosts. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 16, 179-186.

Keeney, D. B., Waters, J. M., & Poulin, R. (2007). Clonal diversity of the marine trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis within intermediate hosts: The molecular ecology of parasite life cycles. Molecular Ecology, 16, 431-439.

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2007). Interactions between parasites of the cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi: Hitch-hikers, resident-cleaners, and habitat-facilitators. Parasitology, 134, 247-255.

Lebarbenchon, C., Poulin, R., Gauthier-Clerc, M., & Thomas, F. (2007). Parasitological consequences of overcrowding in protected areas. EcoHealth, 3, 303-307.

Bryan-Walker, K., Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2007). Local adaptation of immunity against a trematode parasite in marine amphipod populations. Marine Biology, 152, 687-695.

Vinarski, M. V., Korallo, N. P., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2007). Decay of similarity of gamasid mite assemblages parasitic on Palaearctic small mammals: Geographic distance, host-species composition or environment. Journal of Biogeography, 34, 1691-1700.

Lagrue, C., McEwan, J., Poulin, R., & Keeney, D. B. (2007). Co-occurrences of parasite clones and altered host phenotype in a snail-trematode system. International Journal for Parasitology, 37, 1459-1467.

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2007). Recruitment rate of gymnophallid metacercariae in the New Zealand cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi: An experimental test of the hitch-hiking hypothesis. Parasitology Research, 101, 281-287.

Lagrue, C., Waters, J. M., Poulin, R., & Keeney, D. B. (2007). Microsatellite loci for the progenetic trematode, Coitocaecum parvum (Opecoelidae). Molecular Ecology Notes, 7, 694-696.

Vázquez, D. P., Melián, C. J., Williams, N. M., Blüthgen, N., Krasnov, B. R., & Poulin, R. (2007). Species abundance and asymmetric interaction strength in ecological networks. Oikos, 116, 1120-1127.

Poulin, R. (2007). The structure of parasite communities in fish hosts: Ecology meets geography and climate. Parassitologia, 49, 169-172.

Leung, T. L. F., Poulin, R., & Keeney, D. B. (2007). Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for the trematode Gymnophallus sp. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7, 1039-1041.

Poulin, R., & Dick, T. A. (2007). Spatial variation in population density across the geographical range in helminth parasites of yellow perch Perca flavescens. Ecography, 30, 629-636.

Keeney, D. B., Waters, J. M., & Poulin, R. (2007). Diversity of trematode genetic clones within amphipods and the timing of same-clone infections. International Journal for Parasitology, 37, 351-357.

Poulin, R., & George-Nascimento, M. (2007). The scaling of total parasite biomass with host body mass. International Journal for Parasitology, 37, 359-364.

Keeney, D. B., & Poulin, R. (2007). Functional richness, functional evenness, and use of niche space in parasite communities. Journal of Parasitology, 93(1), 216-219.

Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2007). Life cycle abbreviation in the trematode Coitocaecum parvum: Can parasites adjust to variable conditions? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20(3), 1189-1195.

Poulin, R. (2007). Investing in attachment: Evolution of anchoring structures in acanthocephalan parasites. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90, 637-645.

Korallo, N. P., Vinarski, M. V., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2007). Are there general rules governing parasite diversity? Small mammalian hosts and gamasid mite assemblages. Diversity & Distributions, 13, 353-360.

Timi, J. T., & Poulin, R. (2007). Different methods, different results: Temporal trends in the study of nested subset patterns in parasite communities. Parasitology, 135, 131-138.

Currey, R. J. C., & Poulin, R. (2007). Do parasites affect burrowing activity and emergence of sand hoppers, Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae)? Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85, 344-351.

Poulin, R. (2007). Are there general laws in parasite ecology? Parasitology, 134, 763-776.

Luque, J. L., & Poulin, R. (2007). Metazoan parasite species richness in Neotropical fishes: Hotspots and the geography of biodiversity. Parasitology, 134, 865-878.

Luque, J. L., Bannock, L. M., Lagrue, C., & Poulin, R. (2007). Larval Hysterothylacium sp. (Nematoda, Anisakidae) and trematode metacercariae from the amphipod Paracorophium excavatum (Corophiidae) in New Zealand. Acta Parasitologica, 52(2), 146-150.

2006

Edited Book - Research

Morand, S., Krasnov, B. R., & Poulin, R. (Eds.). (2006). Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. Tokyo, Japan: Springer, 647p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (2006). Patterns of macroparasite diversity in small mammals. In S. Morand, B. R. Krasnov & R. Poulin (Eds.), Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. (pp. 197-232). Tokyo, Japan: Springer.

Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., & Morand, S. (2006). Patterns of host specificity in parasites exploiting small mammals. In S. Morand, B. R. Krasnov & R. Poulin (Eds.), Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. (pp. 233-256). Tokyo, Japan: Springer.

Tompkins, D. M., & Poulin, R. (2006). Parasites and biological invasions. In R. B. Allen & W. G. Lee (Eds.), Biological invasions in New Zealand: Ecological studies 186. (pp. 67-84). Berlin, Germany: Springer.

Journal - Research Article

Keeney, D. B., Waters, J. M., & Poulin, R. (2006). Microsatellite loci for the New Zealand trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, 1042-1044.

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2006). Is abundance a species attribute? An example with haematophagous ectoparasites. Oecologia, 150, 132-140.

Martorelli, S. R., Poulin, R., & Mouritsen, K. N. (2006). A new cercaria and metacercaria of Acanthoparyphium (Echinostomatidae) found in an intertidal snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Batillaridae) from New Zealand. Parasitology International, 55, 163-167.

Poulin, R. (2006). Variation in infection parameters among populations within parasite species: Intrinsic properties versus local factors. International Journal for Parasitology, 36, 877-885.

Muñoz, G., Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2006). Testing the niche apportionment hypothesis with parasite communities: Is random assortment always the rule? Parasitology, 132, 717-724.

Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., & Khokhlova, I. S. (2006). Evolution of host specificity in fleas: Is it directional and irreversible? International Journal for Parasitology, 36, 185-191.

Miller, A., Inglis, G. J., & Poulin, R. (2006). Comparison of the ectosymbionts and parasites of an introduced crab, Charybdis japonica, with sympatric and allopatric populations of a native New Zealand crab, Ovalipes catharus (Brachyura: Portunidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 40(2), 369-378. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517428

Poulin, R., & Mouritsen, K. N. (2006). Climate change, parasitism and the structure of intertidal ecosystems. Journal of Helminthology, 80, 183-191.

Krasnov, B. R., Morand, S., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2006). Resource predictability and host specificity in fleas : The effect of host body mass. Parasitology, 133, 81-88.

Mouillot, D., Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Gaston, K. J., & Poulin, R. (2006). Conservatism of host specificity in parasites. Ecography, 29, 596-602.

Leung, T. L. F., & Poulin, R. (2006). Effects of the trematode Maritrema novaezealandensis on the behaviour of its amphipod host: Adaptive or not? Journal of Helminthology, 80, 271-275.

Hansen, E. K., & Poulin, R. (2006). Spatial covariation between infection levels and intermediate host densities in two trematode species. Journal of Helminthology, 80, 255-259.

Fredensborg, B. L., & Poulin, R. (2006). Parasitism shaping host life-history evolution: Adaptive responses in a marine gastropod to infection by trematodes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75, 44-53.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2006). A parasite indirectly impacts both abundance of primary producers and biomass of secondary producers in an intertidal benthic community. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 86, 221-226.

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2006). Ecological characteristics of flea species relate to their suitability as plague vectors. Oecologia, 149, 474-481.

Currey, R. J. C., & Poulin, R. (2006). Do parasites affect burrowing depth and habitat choice of sand hoppers, Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae)? New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 40(4), 509-518. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517441

Fredensborg, B. L., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2006). Relating bird host distribution and spatial heterogeneity in trematode infections in an intertidal snail: From small to large scale. Marine Biology, 149, 275-283.

Krasnov, B. R., Stanko, M., Khokhlova, I. S., Miklisova, D., Morand, S., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2006). Relationships between local and regional species richness in flea communities of small mammalian hosts: Saturation and spatial scale. Parasitology Research, 98, 403-413.

Poulin, R. (2006). Global warming and temperature-mediated increases in cercarial emergence in trematode parasites. Parasitology, 132, 143-151.

Poulin, R., & Lefebvre, F. (2006). Alternative life-history and transmission strategies in a parasite: First come, first served? Parasitology, 132, 135-141.

2005

Chapter in Book - Research

Guégan, J.-F., Morand, S., & Poulin, R. (2005). Are there general laws in parasite community ecology? The emergence of spatial parasitology and epidemiology. In F. Thomas, F. Renaud & J.-F. Guégan (Eds.), Parasitism and Ecosystems. (pp. 22-42). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Journal - Research Article

Poulin, R. (2005). Detection of interspecific competition in parasite communities. Journal of Parasitology, 91(5), 1232-1235.

Mouritsen, K. N., Tompkins, D. M., & Poulin, R. (2005). Climate warming may cause a parasite-induced collapse in costal amphipod populations. Oecologia, 146, 476-483.

Mouillot, D., Šimková, A., Morand, S., & Poulin, R. (2005). Parasite species coexistence and limiting similarity: a multiscale look at phylogenetic, functional and reproductive distances. Oecologia, 146, 269-278.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2005). Parasitism can influence the intertidal zonation of non-host organisms. Marine Biology, 148, 1-11.

González, M. T., & Poulin, R. (2005). Spatial and temporal predictability of the parasite community structure of a benthic marine fish along its distributional range. International Journal for Parasitology, 35, 1369-1377.

Hansen, E. K., & Poulin, R. (2005). Impact of a microphallid trematode on the behaviour and survival of its isopod intermediate host: Phylogenetic inheritance? Parasitology Research, 97, 242-246.

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2005). What are the factors determining the probablity of discovering a flea species (Siphonaptera)? Parasitology Research, 97, 228-237.

Fredensborg, B. L., & Poulin, R. (2005). Larval helminths in intermediate hosts: Does competition early in life determine the fitness of adult parasites? International Journal for Parasitology, 35, 1061-1070.

Vázquez, D. P., Poulin, R., Krasnov, B. R., & Shenbrot, G. I. (2005). Species abundance and the distribution of specialization in host-parasite interaction networks. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74, 946-955.

Huyse, T., Poulin, R., & Théron, A. (2005). Speciation in parasites: A population genetics approach. Trends in Parasitology, 21(10), 469-475.

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., Shenbrot, G. I., & Poulin, R. (2005). Covariance in species diversity and facilitation among non-interactive parasite taxa: all against the host. Parasitology, 131, 557-568.

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2005). Abundance patterns and coexistence processes in communities of fleas parasitic on small mammals. Ecography, 28, 453-464.

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2005). Nested pattern in flea assemblages across the host's geographic range. Ecography, 28, 475-484.

Poulin, R., & Mouillot, D. (2005). Combining phylogenetic and ecological information into a new index of host specificity. Journal of Parasitology, 91(3), 511-514.

González, M. T., & Poulin, R. (2005). Nested patterns in parasite component communities of a marine fish along its latitudinal range on the Pacific coast of South America. Parasitology, 131, 569-577.

Takemoto, R. M., Pavanelli, G. C., Lizama, M. A. P., Luque, J. L., & Poulin, R. (2005). Host population density as the major determinant of endoparasite species richness in floodplain fishes of the upper Paraná River, Brazil. Journal of Helminthology, 79, 75-84.

Lefebvre, F., & Poulin, R. (2005). Life history constraints on the evolution of abbreviated life cycles in parasitic trematodes. Journal of Helminthology, 79, 47-53.

Poulin, R., Fredensborg, B. L., Hansen, E., & Leung, T. L. F. (2005). The true cost of host manipulation by parasites. Behavioural Processes, 68, 241-244.

Fredensborg, B. L., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2005). Impact of trematodes on host survival and population density in the intertidal gastropod Zeacumantus subcarinatus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 290, 109-117.

Thompson, R. M., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2005). Importance of parasites and their life cycle characteristics in determining the structure of a large marine food web. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74, 77-85.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2005). Parasites boost biodiversity and change animal community structure by trait-mediated indirect effects. Oikos, 108, 344-350.

Lefebvre, F., Fredensborg, B., Armstrong, A., Hansen, E., & Poulin, R. (2005). Assortative pairing in the amphipod Paracalliope fluviatilis: A role for parasites? Hydrobiologia, 545(1), 65-73.

Lefebvre, F., & Poulin, R. (2005). Alternative reproductive strategies in the progenetic trematode Coitocaecum parvum: Comparison of selfing and mating worms. Journal of Parasitology, 91(1), 93-98.

Lefebvre, F., & Poulin, R. (2005). Progenesis in digenean trematodes: A taxonomic and synthetic overview of species reproducing in their second intermediate hosts [Review]. Parasitology, 130, 587-605.

Rossin, M. A., Poulin, R., Timi, J. T., & Malizia, A. I. (2005). Causes of inter-individual variation in reproductive strategies of the parasitic nematode Graphidioides subterraneus. Parasitology Research, 96, 335-339.

Timi, J. T., Lanfranchi, A. L., & Poulin, R. (2005). Is there a trade-off between fecundity and egg volume in the parasitic copepod Lernanthropus cynoscicola? Parasitology Research, 95, 1-4.

Criscione, C. D., Poulin, R., & Blouin, M. S. (2005). Molecular ecology of parasites: Elucidating ecological and microevolutionary processes [Invited review]. Molecular Ecology, 14, 2247-2257.

Hay, K. B., Fredensborg, B. L., & Poulin, R. (2005). Trematode-induced alterations in shell shape of the mud snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Prosobranchia: Batillariidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 989-992.

Fredensborg, B. L., & Poulin, R. (2005). In vitro cultivation of Maritrema novaezealandensis (Microphallidae): The effect of culture medium on excystation, survival and egg production. Parasitology Research, 95, 310-313.

Mouillot, D., George-Nascimento, M., & Poulin, R. (2005). Richness, structure and functioning in metazoan parasite communities. Oikos, 109, 447-460.

Poulin, R., & Mouillot, D. (2005). Host specificity and the probability of discovering species of helminth parasites. Parasitology, 130, 709-715.

Poulin, R. (2005). Evolutionary trends in body size of parasitic flatworms. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 85, 181-189.

Poulin, R. (2005). Relative infection levels and taxonomic distances among the host species used by a parasite: Insights into parasite specialization. Parasitology, 130, 109-115.

Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., & Khokhlova, I. S. (2005). Host specificity and geographic range in haematophagous ectoparasites. Oikos, 108, 449-456.

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2005). Spatial variation in species diversity and composition of flea assemblages in small mammalian hosts: Geographical distance or faunal similarity? Journal of Biogeography, 32, 633-644.

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2005). Diversification of ectoparasite assemblages and climate: An example with fleas parasitic on small mammals. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 14, 167-175.

2004

Authored Book - Research

Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (2004). Parasite biodiversity. Washington: Smithsonian Books, 216p.

Journal - Research Article

Bagge, A. M., Poulin, R., & Valtonen, E. T. (2004). Fish population size, and not density, as the determining factor of parasite infection: A case study. Parasitology, 128, 305-313.

Fredensborg, B. L., Latham, A. D., & Poulin, R. (2004). New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the red-billed gull (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 31, 75-80.

Poulin, R., & Mouillot, D. (2004). The relationship between specialization and local abundance: The case of helminth parasites of birds. Oecologia, 140, 372-378.

Martorelli, S. R., Fredensborg, B. L., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2004). Description and proposed life cycle of Maritrema novaezealandensis n. sp. (Microphallidae) parasitic in red-billed gulls, Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus, from Otago Harbor, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Parasitology, 90(2), 272-277.

George-Nascimento, M., Muñoz, G., Marquet, P. A., & Poulin, R. (2004). Testing the energetic equivalence rule with helminth endoparasites of vertebrates. Ecology Letters, 7, 527-531.

Luque, J. L., Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2004). Parasite biodiversity and its determinants in coastal marine teleost fishes of Brazil. Parasitology, 128, 671-682.

Sinisalo, T., Poulin, R., Högmander, H., Juuti, T., & Valtonen, E. T. (2004). The impact of sexual selection on Corynosoma magdaleni (Acanthocephala) infrapopulations in Saimaa ringed seals (Phoca hispida saimensis). Parasitology, 128, 179-185.

Mouillot, D., & Poulin, R. (2004). Taxonomic partitioning shedding light on the diversification of parasite communities. Oikos, 104(1), 205-207.

Poulin, R. (2004). Parasites and the neutral theory of biodiversity. Ecography, 27(1), 119-123.

Tompkins, D. M., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2004). Parasite-induced surfacing in the cockle Austrovenus stuchburyi: Adaptation or not? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17, 247-256.

Poulin, R. (2004). Parasite species richness in New Zealand fishes: A grossly underestimated component of biodiversity? Diversity & Distributions, 10, 31-37.

Poulin, R., & Mouillot, D. (2004). The evolution of taxonomic diversity in helminth assemblages of mammalian hosts. Evolutionary Ecology, 18, 231-247.

Fredensborg, B. L., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2004). Intensity-dependent mortality of Paracalliope novizealandiae (Amphipoda: Crustacea) infected by a trematode: Experimental infections and field observations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 311, 253-265.

Krasnov, B. R., Poulin, R., Shenbrot, G. I., Mouillot, D., & Khokhlova, I. S. (2004). Ectoparasitic ″jacks-of-all-trades″: Relationship between abundance and host specificity in fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitic on small mammals. American Naturalist, 164(4), 506-516.

Neuhäuser, M., & Poulin, R. (2004). Comparing parasite numbers between samples of hosts. Journal of Parasitology, 90(4), 689-691.

Williams, C. M., Poulin, R., & Sinclair, B. J. (2004). Increased haemolymph osmolality suggests a new route for behavioural manipulation of Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae) by its mermithid parasite. Functional Ecology, 18, 685-691.

Lefebvre, F., Schuster, T., Münderle, M., Hine, M., & Poulin, R. (2004). Anguillicolosis in the short-finned eel Anguilla australis: Epidemiology and pathogenicity. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 38, 577-583.

Valtonen, E. T., Helle, E., & Poulin, R. (2004). Stability of Corynosoma populations with fluctuating population densities of the seal definitive host. Parasitology, 129, 635-642.

Krasnov, B. R., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2004). Relationships between parasite abundance and the taxonomic distance among a parasite's host species: An example with fleas parasitic on small mammals. International Journal for Parasitology, 34, 1289-1297.

Poulin, R. (2004). Macroecological patterns of species richness in parasite assemblages. Basic & Applied Ecology, 5, 423-434.

Babirat, C., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2004). Equal partnership: Two trematode species, not one, manipulate the burrowing behaviour of the New Zealand cockle, Austrovenus stutchburyi. Journal of Helminthology, 78, 195-199.

Krasnov, B. R., Mouillot, D., Shenbrot, G. I., Khokhlova, I. S., & Poulin, R. (2004). Geographical variation in host specificity of fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitic on small mammals: The influence of phylogeny and local environmental conditions. Ecography, 27(6), 787-797.

Poulin, R., & Mouritsen, K. N. (2004). Small-scale spatial variation in rates of metacercarial accumulation by a bivalve second intermediate host. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84, 1209-1212.

Luque, J. L., & Poulin, R. (2004). Use of fish as intermediate hosts by helminth parasites: A comparative analysis. Acta Parasitologica, 49(4), 353-361.

Donald, K. M., Kennedy, M., Poulin, R., & Spencer, H. G. (2004). Host specificity and molecular phylogeny of larval Digenea isolated from New Zealand and Australian topshells (Gastropoda: Trochidae). International Journal for Parasitology, 34, 557-568.

2003

Chapter in Book - Research

Poulin, R. (2003). Helminth life cycles: Evolutionary increases and decreases in complexity (Vol. 2). In C. Combes & J. Jourdane (Eds.), Taxonomy, ecology and evolution of metazoan parasites. (pp. 167-183). France: Presses Universitaires de Perpignan.

Journal - Research Article

McFarland, L. H., Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2003). From first to second and back to first intermediate host: The unusual transmission route of Curtuteria australis (Digenea: Echinostomatidae). Journal of Parasitology, 89(3), 625-628.

Poulin, R., & Mouillot, D. (2003). Host introductions and the geography of parasite taxonomic diversity. Journal of Biogeography, 30, 837-845.

Poulin, R., Wise, M., & Moore, J. (2003). A comparative analysis of adult body size and its correlates in acanthocephalan parasites. International Journal for Parasitology, 33(8), 799-805. doi: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00108-5

Poulin, R., Giari, L., Simoni, E., & Dezfuli, B. S. (2003). Effects of conspecifics and heterospecifics on individual worm mass in four helminth species parasitic in fish. Parasitology Research, 90, 143-147.

Thomas, F., & Poulin, R. (2003). Egg size variability in trematodes: Test of the bet-hedging hypothesis. Journal of Parasitology, 89(6), 1159-1162.

Timi, J. T., & Poulin, R. (2003). Parasite community structure within and across host populations of a marine pelagic fish: How repeatable is it? International Journal for Parasitology, 33, 1353-1362.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2003). Parasite-induced trophic facilitation exploited by a non-host predator: A manipulator's nightmare. International Journal for Parasitology, 33, 1043-1050.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2003). The risk of being at the top: Foot-cropping in the New Zealand cockle Austrovenus stutchburyi. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83, 497-498.

Poulin, R. (2003). The decay of similarity with geographical distance in parasite communities of vertebrate hosts. Journal of Biogeography, 30, 1609-1615.

Vidal-Martinez, V. M., & Poulin, R. (2003). Spatial and temporal repeatability in parasite community structure of tropical fish hosts. Parasitology, 127, 387-398.

Poulin, R., Mouillot, D., & George-Nascimento, M. (2003). The relationship between species richness and productivity in metazoan parasite communities. Oecologia, 137, 277-285.

Poulin, R. (2003). Parasites in a global village: Food, emerging diseases, and evolution. Journal of Parasitology, 89(Suppl.), 271-276.

Poulin, R., & Luque, J. L. (2003). A general test of the interactive-isolationist continuum in gastrointestinal parasite communities of fish. International Journal for Parasitology, 33, 1623-1630.

Morand, S., & Poulin, R. (2003). Phylogenies, the comparative method and parasite evolutionary ecology. Advances in Parasitology, 54, 282-302.

Poulin, R., & Mouritsen, K. N. (2003). Large-scale determinants of trematode infections in intertidal gastropods. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 254, 187-198.

Mouillot, D., George-Nascimento, M., & Poulin, R. (2003). How parasites divide resources: A test of the niche apportionment hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72, 757-764.

Moravec, F., Fredensborg, B., Latham, A. D. M., & Poulin, R. (2003). Larval Spirurida (Nematoda) from the crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes in New Zealand. Folia Parasitologica, 50, 109-114.

Latham, A. D. M., & Poulin, R. (2003). Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in recruitment of larval parasites to shore crab intermediate hosts: The influence of shorebird definitive hosts. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81, 1282-1291.

Mouritsen, K. N., McKechnie, S., Meenken, E., Toynbee, J. L., & Poulin, R. (2003). Spatial heterogeneity in parasite loads in the New Zealand cockle: The importance of host condition and density. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83, 307-310.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2003). The mud flat anemone-cockle association: Mutualism in the intertidal zone? Oecologia, 135, 131-137.

Poulin, R., & Latham, A. D. M. (2003). Effects of initial (larval) size and host body temperature on growth in trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81, 574-581.

Poulin, R. (2003). Information about transmission opportunities triggers a life-history switch in a parasite. Evolution, 57(12), 2899-2903.

Latham, A. D., Fredensborg, B., McFarland, L. H., & Poulin, R. (2003). A gastropod scavenger serving as paratenic host for larval helminth communities in shore crabs. Journal of Parasitology, 89(4), 862-864.

Poulin, R., Nichol, K., & Latham, A. D. M. (2003). Host sharing and host manipulation by larval helminths in shore crabs: Cooperation or conflict? International Journal for Parasitology, 33, 425-433.

Poulin, R., & Mouillot, D. (2003). Parasite specialization from a phylogenetic perspective: A new index of host specificity. Parasitology, 126, 473-480.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Poulin, R. (2003). Phenotypic manipulation and parasite-mediated host evolution. In A. Legakis, S. Sfenthourakis, R. Polymeni & M. Thessalou-Legaki (Eds.), The new panorama of animal evolution: Proceedings of the XVIII International Congress of Zoology. (pp. 205-212). Moscow: Pensoft. [Full Paper]

2002

Edited Book - Research

Poulin, R. (Ed.). (2002). Parasitology - Parasites in Marine Systems (Supplement, No. 124, Parasitology). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 207p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Poulin, R. (2002). Parasite manipulation of host behaviour. In E. E. Lewis, J. F. Campbell & M. V. K. Sukhdeo (Eds.), The behavioural ecology of parasites. (pp. 243-257). Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing.

Barber, I., & Poulin, R. (2002). Interactions between fish, parasites and disease. In P. J. B. Hart & J. D. Reynolds (Eds.), Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries. (pp. 359-389). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Journal - Research Article

Poulin, R. (2002). Qualitative and quantitative aspects of recent research on helminth parasites. Journal of Helminthology, 76, 373-376.

Latham, A. D. M., & Poulin, R. (2002). Effect of acanthocephalan parasites on hiding behaviour in two species of shore crabs. Journal of Helminthology, 76, 323-326.

Poinar, G. J., Latham, A. D. M., & Poulin, R. (2002). Thaumamermis zealandican. sp. (Mermithidae: Nematoda) parasitising the intertidal marine amphipod Talorchestia quoyana (Talitridae: Amphipoda) in New Zealand, with a summary of mermithids infecting amphipods. Systematic Parasitology, 53, 227-233.

Latham, A. D., & Poulin, R. (2002). Field evidence of parasite-induced mortality in three species of New Zealand shore crabs (Brachyura). Marine Biology, 141, 1131-1139.

Poulin, R., & Latham, A. D. (2002). Parasitism and the burrowing depth of the beach hopper Talorchestia quoyana (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Animal Behaviour, 63, 269-275.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2002). Parasitism, climate oscillations and the structure of natural communities. Oikos, 97(3), 462-468.

Dezfuli, B. S., Volponi, S., Beltrami, I., & Poulin, R. (2002). Intra- and interspecific density-dependent effects on growth in helminth parasites of the cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. Parasitology, 124, 537-544.

Loot, G., Poulin, R., Lek, S., & Guégan, J.-F. (2002). The differential effects of Ligula intestinalis (L.) plerocercoids on host growth in three natural populations of roach, Rutilus rutilus (L.). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 11, 168-177.

Bansemer, C., Grutter, A. S., & Poulin, R. (2002). Geographic variation in the behaviour of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus (Labridae). Ethology, 108, 353-366.

Latham, A. D. M., & Poulin, R. (2002). New records of gastrointestinal helminths from the southern black-backed gull (Larus dominicanus) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 29, 253-257.

Morand, S., & Poulin, R. (2002). Body size-density relationships and species diversity in parasitic nematodes: Patterns and likely processes. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 4, 951-961.

Poulin, R., & Valtonen, E. T. (2002). The predictability of helminth community structure in space: A comparison of fish populations from adjacent lakes. International Journal for Parasitology, 32, 1235-1243.

Vickery, W. L., & Poulin, R. (2002). Can helminth community patterns be amplified when transferred by predation from intermediate to definitive hosts? Journal of Parasitology, 88(4), 650-656.

Mouritsen, K. N., & Poulin, R. (2002). Parasitism, community structure and biodiversity in intertidal ecosystems. Parasitology, 124, S101-S117.

Poulin, R., & Cribb, T. H. (2002). Trematode life cycles: Short is sweet? Trends in Parasitology, 18, 176-183.

Poulin, R. (2002). The evolution of monogenean diversity. International Journal for Parasitology, 32, 245-254.

Poulin, R., & Latham, A. D. M. (2002). Inequalities in size and intensity-dependent growth in a mermithid nematode parasitic in beach hoppers. Journal of Helminthology, 76, 65-70.

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (2002). [Review of the book The Ecology of Wildlife Diseases]. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 26. [Book Review].

Poulin, R. (2002). [Review of the book Parasites and the Behavior of Animals]. Animal Behaviour, 63. [Book Review].

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Poulin, R. (2002). Parasites: Behind the scenes at the ecological theatre. New Zealand Science Review, 59(1), 9-12.

2001

Chapter in Book - Research

Wharton, D. A., Poulin, R., & Tyrrell, C. L. (2001). Parasites of Anostostomatid insects. In L. H. Field (Ed.), The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. (pp. 259-267). Wallingford & New York: CABI Publishing.

Journal - Research Article

Latham, A. D., & Poulin, R. (2001). Effect of acanthocephalan parasites on the behaviour and coloration of the mud crab Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Marine Biology, 139, 1147-1154.

Poulin, R., & Valtonen, E. T. (2001). Nested assemblages resulting from host size variation: The case of endoparasite communities in fish hosts. International Journal for Parasitology, 31, 1194-1204.

Williams, J. K., Townsend, C. R., & Poulin, R. (2001). Mermithid nematode infections and drift in the mayfly Deleatidium spp. (Ephemeroptera). Journal of Parasitology, 87(5), 1225-1227.

Poulin, R. (2001). Interactions between species and the structure of helminth communities. Parasitology, 122, S3-S11.

Hamilton, W. J., & Poulin, R. (2001). Parasitism, water temperature and life history characteristics of the freshwater fish Gobiomorphus breviceps Stokell (Eleotridae). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 10, 105-110.

Poulin, R. (2001). Body size and segmentation patterns in free-living and parasitic polychaetes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79, 741-745.

Poulin, R. (2001). Another look at the richness of helminth communities in tropical freshwater fish. Journal of Biogeography, 28, 737-743.

Miller, A. A., & Poulin, R. (2001). Parasitism, movement, and distribution of the snail Diloma subrostrata (Trochidae) in a soft-sediment intertidal zone. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79, 2029-2035.

Poulin, R. (2001). Progenesis and reduced virulence as an alternative transmission strategy in a parasitic trematode. Parasitology, 123, 623-630.

Valtonen, E. T., Pulkkinen, K., Poulin, R., & Julkunen, M. (2001). The structure of parasite component communities in brackish water fishes of the northeastern Baltic Sea. Parasitology, 122, 471-481.

Poulin, R., & Rate, S. R. (2001). Small-scale spatial heterogeneity in infection levels by symbionts of the amphipod Talorchestia quoyana (Talitridae). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 212, 211-216.

Dezfuli, B. S., Giari, L., & Poulin, R. (2001). Costs of intraspecific and interspecific host sharing in acanthocephalan cystacanths. Parasitology, 122, 483-489.

Dezfuli, B. S., Giari, L., De Biaggi, S., & Poulin, R. (2001). Associations and interactions among intestinal helminths of brown trout, Salmo trutta, in northern Italy. Journal of Helminthology, 75, 331-336.

Poulin, R., & Valtonen, E. T. (2001). Interspecific associations among larval helminths in fish. International Journal for Parasitology, 31, 1589-1596.

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (2001). [Review of the book Ecological Methods]. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 25. [Book Review].

Poulin, R. (2001). [Review of the book Parasitism: The Diversity and Ecology of Animal Parasites]. Parasitology, 123. [Book Review].

2000

Edited Book - Research

Poulin, R., Morand, S., & Skorping, A. (Eds.). (2000). Evolutionary Biology of Host-Parasite Relationships: Theory meets Reality. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 250p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Lafferty, K. D., Thomas, F., & Poulin, R. (2000). Evolution of host phenotype manipulation by parasites and its consequences. In R. Poulin, S. Morand & A. Skorping (Eds.), Evolutionary Biology of Host-Parasite Relationships: Theory Meets Reality. (pp. 117-127). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Journal - Research Article

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Thomas, F., & Poulin, R. (2000). Redescription of Gordius paranensis Camerano, 1892 (Nematomorpha), a species new for New Zealand. Journal of Natural History, 34, 333-340.

Willis, C., & Poulin, R. (2000). Preference of female rats for the odours of non-parasitised males: The smell of good genes? Folia Parasitologica, 47, 6-10.

Poulin, R., & Combes, C. (2000). The concept of virulence. Parasitology Today, 16(5), 218.

Sheridan, L. A., Poulin, R., Ward, D. F., & Zuk, M. (2000). Sex differences in parasitic infections among arthropod hosts: Is there a male bias? Oikos, 88, 327-334.

Poulin, R. (2000). The evolutionary ecology of parasite-induced changes in host phenotype. Bulletin of the Scandinavian Society of Parasitology, 10(2), 44-48.

Thomas, F., Poulin, R., Guégan, J.-F., Michalakis, Y., & Renaud, F. (2000). Are there pros as well as cons to being parasitized? Parasitology Today, 16(12), 533-536.

Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (2000). Testes size, body size and male-male competition in acanthocephalan parasites. Journal of Zoology, 250, 551-558.

Morand, S., & Poulin, R. (2000). Optimal time to patency in parasitic nematodes: Host mortality matters. Ecology Letters, 3, 186-190.

Poulin, R., Marshall, L. J., & Spencer, H. G. (2000). Metazoan parasite species richness and genetic variation among freshwater fish species: Cause or consequence? International Journal for Parasitology, 30, 697-703.

Poulin, R. (2000). Manipulation of host behaviour by parasites: A weakening paradigm? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B, 267, 787-792.

Poulin, R. (2000). Variation in the intraspecific relationship between fish length and intensity of parasitic infection: Biological and statistical causes. Journal of Fish Biology, 56, 123-137.

Poulin, R., Marshall, L. J., & Spencer, H. G. (2000). Genetic variation and prevalence of blood parasites do not correlate among bird species. Journal of Zoology, 252, 381-388.

Morand, S., & Poulin, R. (2000). Nematode parasite species richness and the evolution of spleen size in birds. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78, 1356-1360.

Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (2000). The diversity of parasites. Quarterly Review of Biology, 75(3), 277-293.

Poulin, R., & Hamilton, W. J. (2000). Egg size variation as a function of environmental variability in parasitic trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78, 564-569.

Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (2000). Parasite body size and interspecific variation in levels of aggregation among nematodes. Journal of Parasitology, 86(3), 642-647.

Poulin, R., & Guégan, J.-F. (2000). Nestedness, anti-nestedness, and the relationship between prevalence and intensity in ectoparasite assemblages of marine fish: A spatial model of species coexistence. International Journal for Parasitology, 30, 1147-1152.

Dezfuli, B. S., Giari, L., & Poulin, R. (2000). Species associations among larval helminths in an amphipod intermediate host. International Journal for Parasitology, 30, 1143-1146.

Poulin, R., Steeper, M. J., & Miller, A. A. (2000). Non-random patterns of host use by the different parasite species exploiting a cockle population. Parasitology, 121, 289-295.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Willis, C., & Poulin, R. (1999). Effects of the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta on maternal investment in rats. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77, 1001-1005.

Poulin, R. (1999). Speciation and diversification of parasite lineages: An analysis of congeneric parasite species in vertebrates. Evolutionary Ecology, 13, 455-467.

Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (1999). Geographical distances and the similarity among parasite communities of conspecific host populations. Parasitology, 119, 369-374.

Poulin, R., & Combes, C. (1999). The concept of virulence: interpretations and implications. Parasitology Today, 15(12), 474-475.

Paterson, A. M., & Poulin, R. (1999). Have chondracanthid copepods co-speciated with their teleost hosts? Systematic Parasitology, 44, 79-85.

Poulin, R. (1999). Parasitism and shoal size in juvenile sticklebacks: conflicting selection pressures from different ectoparasites? Ethology, 105, 959-968.

Thomas, F., Poulin, R., Renaud, F., De Meeus, T., & Guégan, J.-F. (1999). Parasites and ecosystem engineering: what roles could they play? Oikos, 84(1), 167-171.

Thomas, F., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., & Poulin, R. (1999). Microhabitat characteristics and reproductive status of male Euchordodes nigromaculatus (Nematomorpha). Journal of Helminthology, 73, 91-93.

Poulin, R., & Thomas, F. (1999). Phenotypic variability induced by parasites: extent and evolutionary implications. Parasitology Today, 15(1), 28-32.

Poulin, R. (1999). The intra- and interspecific relationships between abundance and distribution in helminth parasites of birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 68, 719-725.

Poulin, R. (1999). Body size vs abundance among parasite species: positive relationships? Ecography, 22, 246-250.

Morand, S., Rohde, K., Poulin, R., & Hayward, C. (1999). Aggregation and species coexistence of ectoparasites of marine fishes. International Journal for Parasitology, 29, 663-672.

Hamilton, W. J., & Poulin, R. (1999). Female preference and male nuptial colouration in the freshwater fish Gobiomorphus breviceps: geographic variation among populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 77, 463-469.

Poulin, R., Marcogliese, D. J., & McLaughlin, J. D. (1999). Skin-penetrating parasites and the release of alarm substances in juvenile rainbow trout. Journal of Fish Biology, 55, 47-53.

Poulin, R. (1999). The functional importance of parasites in animal communities: many roles at many levels? International Journal for Parasitology, 29, 903-914.

1998

Authored Book - Research

Poulin, R. (1998). Evolutionary ecology of parasites: from individuals to communities. London: Chapman and Hall, 212p.

Journal - Research Article

Ward, D. F., Thomas, F., & Poulin, R. (1998). Fluctuating asymmetry and parasitism in six New Zealand insects. Acta Oecologica, 19, 409-412.

Vickery, W. L., & Poulin, R. (1998). Parasitised non-choosy females do slow down the process: a reply to Rolff. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 44, 75-76.

Vickery, W. L., & Poulin, R. (1998). Parasite extinction and colonisation and the evolution of parasite communities: a simulation study. International Journal for Parasitology, 28, 727-737.

Thomas, F., Poulin, R., & Renaud, F. (1998). Non-manipulative parasites in manipulated hosts: 'hitch-hikers' or simply 'lucky passengers'? Journal of Parasitology, 84, 1059-1061.

Thomas, F., Ward, D. F., & Poulin, R. (1998). Fluctuating asymmetry in an ornamental trait in the cave weta, Pleioplectron simplex Hutton (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae): no role for parasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76, 931-935.

Thomas, F., Ward, D. F., & Poulin, R. (1998). Fluctuating asymmetry in an insect host: a big role for big parasites? Ecology Letters, 1, 112-117.

Thomas, F., Renaud, F., & Poulin, R. (1998). Exploitation of manipulators: "hitch-hiking" as a parasite transmission strategy. Animal Behaviour, 56, 199-206.

Thomas, F., Renaud, F., De Meeus, T., & Poulin, R. (1998). Manipulation of host behaviour by parasites: ecosystem engineering in the intertidal zone? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B, 265, 1091-1096.

Thomas, F., & Poulin, R. (1998). Manipulation of a mollusc by a trophically transmitted parasite: convergent evolution or phylogenetic inheritance? Parasitology, 116, 431-436.

Grutter, A. S., & Poulin, R. (1998). Intraspecific and interspecific relationships between host size and the abundance of parasitic larval gnathiid isopods on coral reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 164, 263-271.

Grutter, A. S., & Poulin, R. (1998). Cleaning of coral reef fishes by the wrasse Labroides dimidiatus: influence of client body size and phylogeny. Copeia, 1998, 120-127.

Poulin, R. (1998). Large-scale patterns of host use by parasites of freshwater fish. Ecology Letters, 1, 118-128.

Poulin, R. (1998). Host and environmental correlates of body size in ticks (Acari: Argasidae and Ixodidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76, 925-930.

James, K. E. S., & Poulin, R. (1998). The effects of perceived competition and parasitism on the foraging behaviour of the upland bully (Eleotridae). Journal of Fish Biology, 53, 827-834.

Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Thomas, F., & Poulin, R. (1998). Scanning electron microscopy and intraspecific variation in Euchordodes nigromaculatus (Nematomorpha) from New Zealand. Journal of Helminthology, 72, 65-70.

Poulin, R., Hecker, K. A., & Thomas, F. (1998). Hosts manipulated by one parasite incur additional costs from infection by another parasite. Journal of Parasitology, 84, 1050-1052.

Poulin, R. (1998). Evolution and phylogeny of behavioural manipulation of insect hosts by parasites. Parasitology, 116(supplement), 3-11.

Poulin, R. (1998). Comparison of three estimators of species richness in parasite component communities. Journal of Parasitology, 84, 485-490.

Morand, S., & Poulin, R. (1998). Density, body mass and parasite species richness of terrestrial mammals. Evolutionary Ecology, 12, 717-727.

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (1998). [Review of the book Nematomorpha]. Journal of Parasitology, 84. [Book Review].

Poulin, R. (1998). [Review of the book Pattern and Process in Host-Parasitoid Interactions]. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 22. [Book Review].

1997

Journal - Research Article

Poulin, R. (1997). Egg production in adult trematodes: adaptation or constraint? Parasitology, 114(2), 195-204.

Poulin, R. (1997). Co-variation of sexual size dimorphism and adult sex ratio in parasitic nematodes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 62, 567-580.

Poulin, R., & Hamilton, W. J. (1997). Ecological correlates of body size and egg size in parasitic Ascothoracida and Rhizocephala (Crustacea). Acta Oecologica, 18, 621-635.

Hamilton, W. J., Stott, M. K., & Poulin, R. (1997). Nest site characteristics and male reproductive success in the upland bully, Gobiomorphus breviceps (Eleotridae). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 6(3), 150-154.

Hamilton, W. J., & Poulin, R. (1997). The Hamilton and Zuk hypothesis revisited: a meta-analytical approach. Behaviour, 134(3-4), 299-320.

Thomas, F., & Poulin, R. (1997). Using randomization techniques to analyse fluctuating asymmetry data. Animal Behaviour, 54(4), 1027-1029.

Poulin, R., & Rohde, K. (1997). Comparing the richness of metazoan ectoparasite communities of marine fishes: controlling for host phylogeny. Oecologia, 110(2), 278-283.

Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (1997). Parasite body size distributions: interpreting patterns of skewness. International Journal for Parasitology, 27(8), 959-964.

Poulin, R. (1997). Species richness of parasite assemblages: evolution and patterns. Annual Review of Ecology & Systematics, 28, 341-358.

Poulin, R. (1997). Population abundance and sex ratio in dioecious helminth parasites. Oecologia, 111(3), 375-380.

Poulin, R. (1997). Parasite faunas of freshwater fish: the relationship between richness and the specificity of parasites. International Journal for Parasitology, 27(9), 1091-1098.

Journal - Research Other

Poulin, R. (1997). [Review of the book Dynamic Biogeography]. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 21. [Book Review].

Poulin, R. (1997). [Review of the book Interactions Durables: Écologie et Évolution du Parasitisme]. Journal of Parasitology, 83. [Book Review].

Poulin, R. (1997). [Review of the book La spécificité parasitaire et ses incidences sure l'étiologie et l'épidémiologie des parasitoses humaines d'origine zoonosique]. International Journal for Parasitology, 27. [Book Review].

1996

Journal - Research Article

Poulin, R. (1996). Helminth growth in vertebrate hosts: does host sex matter? International Journal for Parasitology, 26(11), 1311-1315.

Stott, M. K., & Poulin, R. (1996). Parasites and parental care in male upland bullies (Eleotridae). Journal of Fish Biology, 48, 283-291.

Poulin, R., & Vickery, W. L. (1996). Parasite-mediated sexual selection: just how choosy are parasitized females? Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 38, 43-49.

Poulin, R., & Grutter, A. S. (1996). Cleaning symbioses: proximate and adaptive explanations. BioScience, 46, 512-517.

Poulin, R. (1996). The evolution of life history strategies in parasitic animals. Advances in Parasitology, 37, 107-134.

Poulin, R. (1996). The evolution of body size in the Monogenea: the role of host size and latitude. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74, 726-732.

Poulin, R. (1996). Sexual inequalities in helminth infections: a cost of being male? American Naturalist, 147, 287-295.

Poulin, R. (1996). Richness, nestedness, and randomness in parasite infracommunity structure. Oecologia, 105, 545-551.

Poulin, R. (1996). Patterns in the evenness of gastrointestinal helminth communities. International Journal for Parasitology, 26, 181-186.

Poulin, R. (1996). Measuring parasite aggregation: defending the index of discrepancy. International Journal for Parasitology, 26, 227-229.

Poulin, R. (1996). Sexual size dimorphism and transition to parasitism in copepods. Evolution, 50(6), 2520-2523.

Poulin, R. (1996). Observations on the free-living adult stage of Gordius dimorphus (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea). Journal of Parasitology, 82(5), 845-846.

Poulin, R. (1996). How many parasite species are there: are we close to answers? International Journal for Parasitology, 26(10), 1127-1129.

1995

Journal - Research Article

Poulin, R. (1995). Adaptive changes in the behaviour of parasitized animals: a critical review. International Journal for Parasitology, 25, 1371-1383.

1994

Journal - Research Article

Poulin, R. (1994). A dynamic equilibrium view of diversity. Review of M.A. Huston's Biological Diversity: the Coexistence of Species on Changing Landscapes (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 681p). New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 19, 88-89. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.