@Article{LionEtal2006, Author = {Lion, Sébastien and van Baalen, Minus and Wilson, William G.}, Title = {The evolution of parasite manipulation of host dispersal.}, Journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences}, doi = {10.1098/rspb.2005.3412}, Volume = {273}, Pages = {1063-1071}, URL = {https://evolepid.cefe.cnrs.fr/pub/LionEtal2006.pdf}, keywords = {space, dispersal, virulence}, Abstract = {We investigate the evolution of manipulation of host dispersal behaviour by parasites using spatially explicit individual-based simulations. We find that when dispersal is local, parasites always gain from increasing their hosts' dispersal rate, although the evolutionary outcome is determined by the costs-to-benefits ratio. However, when dispersal can be non-local, we show that parasites investing in an intermediate dispersal distance of their hosts are favoured even when the manipulation is not costly, due to the intrinsic spatial dynamics of the host-parasite interaction. Our analysis highlights the crucial importance of ecological spatial dynamics in evolutionary processes and reveals the theoretical possibility that parasites could manipulate their hosts' dispersal.}, year = {2006} }