For Host's Sake: The Pluses of Parasite Preservation

Hamish G. Spencer; Marlene Zuk

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.021

For Host's Sake: The Pluses of Parasite Preservation

Hamish G. Spencer, Marlene Zuk

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

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Abstract

Conservation biologists now realize that parasites of endangered hosts should be conserved for their own sake and as part of their host's natural environment. But parasites should also be conserved because parasitic exposure might be crucial to the host's development of a fully functional immune system and hence to the survival of the host.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	341-343
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.021
State	Published - May 1 2016

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Keywords

Conservation management
Disease
Hygiene hypothesis
Immune system

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