Host-Parasite Population Dynamics in Free-Running Arenas

自由运行竞技场中的宿主-寄生虫种群动态

• 批准号: 3585-2012
• 负责人: Scott, Marilyn
• 金额: $ 2.99万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=592761
• 关键词: Host; Parasite; Population; Dynamics; Free

Our LONG-TERM GOAL is to identify factors that affect the dynamic interaction between host and parasite population and their environments as a means of anticipating consequences of interventions and environmental changes. Although most lab studies are done on isolated individual hosts using artificial modes of parasite transmission, we have demonstrated limitations in extrapolating to functional host populations. Thus, our SCIENTIFIC APPROACH is to complement tightly controlled research on individual hosts with experimental population-level research.

我们的长期目标是确定影响宿主和寄生虫种群及其环境之间动态相互作用的因素，作为预测干预措施和环境变化后果的一种手段。虽然大多数实验室研究都是使用寄生虫传播的人工模式在孤立的个体宿主上进行的，但我们已经证明了外推到功能宿主群体的局限性。因此，我们的科学方法是用实验群体水平的研究来补充对个体宿主的严格控制的研究。