caa a22 4500 467882231 CHVBK 20180406152723.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-006-0067-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-006-0067-z Parasitological Consequences of Overcrowding in Protected Areas [Elektronische Daten] [Camille Lebarbenchon, Robert Poulin, Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Frédéric Thomas] For the past several years, there has been growing interest in understanding the dynamics of parasites in ecosystems, as well as the diversity of ways in which they interfere with conservation and health preoccupations. Although it is widely recognized that many conservation practices (e.g., wildlife translocations, species removal, food supplementation) may be associated with parasite-related problems, less attention has been devoted to exploring the parasitological consequences of the overcrowding of animals in protected wildlife areas. Here, we discuss this important ecological/epidemiological problem, presenting at the same time an overview of the main questions and challenges in this field. Using empirical and theoretical examples chosen from the literature, we focus particularly on the interactions between the overcrowding of free living species and parasite population dynamics, the evolution of parasite virulence, the indirect effects on the structure of invertebrate communities, as well as the nutritional value of prey species. We argue that conservation policies should be aware more than ever of this problem, especially given the serious health risks currently posed by the spread of virulent viruses (e.g., avian influenza). Ecohealth Journal Consortium, 2006 wildlife reserves nationallicence helminths nationallicence ectoparasites nationallicence virus nationallicence birds nationallicence invertebrates nationallicence Lebarbenchon Camille Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS/IRD, 2724, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier cedex 5, France aut Poulin Robert Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand aut Gauthier-Clerc Michel Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200, Arles, France aut Thomas Frédéric Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS/IRD, 2724, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier cedex 5, France aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/4(2006-12-01), 303-307 1612-9202 3:4<303 2006 3 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0067-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0067-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lebarbenchon Camille Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS/IRD, 2724, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier cedex 5, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poulin Robert Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gauthier-Clerc Michel Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200, Arles, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thomas Frédéric Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, UMR CNRS/IRD, 2724, IRD, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier cedex 5, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/4(2006-12-01), 303-307 1612-9202 3:4<303 2006 3 10393 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer