On October 1st, Dr. Byers will talk about the trade-offs of having physiological defenses to protect against parasites. Dr. Byers is a Professor with the Odum School of Ecology. To learn more about Dr. Byers and his research team click here.

Reading Assignment: Keogh, C.L., Miura, O., Nishimura, T., & Byers, J.E. (2017). The double edge to parasite escape: invasive host is less infected but more infectable. Ecology. 98(9): 2241–2247

 

 

 

Photo Credit: “Dicrocoelium-adult” by Alan R Walker licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0