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Parasites of spiders: Their impacts on host behavior and ecology

Emily S. Durkin,Steven T. Cassidy,Rachel Gilbert,E. A. Richardson,Allison M. Roth,Samantha A. Shablin,C. N. Keiser

Published 2021 in The journal of arachnology

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Abstract. Parasites are some of the most abundant, diverse, and ecologically important organisms on the planet. Similarly, spiders are diverse, abundant, and play important roles in many terrestrial ecosystems. It is unfortunate that our understanding of the parasites that affect spiders is so underdeveloped relative to similar fields (e.g., parasites of insects). With this review, we describe characteristics of the major groups known to parasitize spiders and illustrate the ways in which spider biology presents unique challenges and opportunities for their parasites. Particularly promising avenues of future research include testing how parasites alter their spider hosts' behavior and ecology through density-dependent and trait-mediated effects. We close by providing future directions and testable hypotheses at the forefront of spider-parasite research.

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