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Parasites promote host gene flow in a metapopulation

Altermatt, Florian ; Hottinger, Jürgen ; Ebert, Dieter

In: Evolutionary Ecology, 2007, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 561-575

The influence of pool volume and summer desiccation on the production of the resting and dispersal stage in a Daphnia metapopulation

Altermatt, Florian ; Ebert, Dieter

In: Oecologia, 2008, vol. 157, no. 3, p. 441-452

Diversity in riverine metacommunities: a network perspective

Altermatt, Florian

In: Aquatic Ecology, 2013, vol. 47, no. 3, p. 365-377

Parasites promote host gene flow in a metapopulation

Altermatt, Florian ; Hottinger, Jürgen W. ; Ebert, Dieter

In: Evolutionary Ecology, 2007, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 561-575

Local adaptation is a powerful mechanism to maintain genetic diversity in subdivided populations. It counteracts the homogenizing effect of gene flow because immigrants have an inferior fitness in the new habitat. This picture may be reversed in host populations where parasites influence the success of immigrating hosts. Here we report two experiments testing whether parasite abundance and...