EcologybioRxivPreprint
Diet alters epidemic size and timing in a trophically-transmitted parasite
Juliana Jiranek, Allyson Motter, Neha Channamraju…·Amanda Kyle Gibson
The paper investigates how diet affects parasite transmission and epidemic dynamics in nematodes, finding that high-quality diets increase parasite abundance during epidemics despite similar fitness reductions across diets.
DOI 10.64898/2026.05.15.725575