Symbiont virulence is a poor predictor of impacts on host population dynamics
Marcin Krzysztof Dziuba, Kristina M. McIntire, Elizabeth S. Davenport, Fiona E. Corcoran, Taleah Nelson, Paige McCreadie, Riley Tate Manuel, Emma Baird, Natalia Ferreira dos Santos, Mia Robbins, Emma Dismondy, Kira J. Monell, Cristian Huerta, Lindsey C Selter, Katya Deckelbaum, , Meghan A. Duffy
The paper tests how symbiont virulence affects host population dynamics, finding that individual-level effects do not reliably predict population-level impacts.
bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2025 · PreprintEcology