@article{fdi:010021051,
  title = {{P}arasites and ecosystem engineering : what roles could they play ?},
  author = {{T}homas, {F}. and {P}oulin, {R}. and {M}eeüs, {T}. de and {G}u{\'e}gan, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {R}enaud, {F}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n recent years, there has been a growing interest in understanding the ecological importance of ecosystem engineers. {I}n this paper, we argue that parasites, through the phenotypic alterations they induce in their hosts, are likely to be involved in engineering processes for at least two reasons. {F}irst, when ecosystem engineers are themselves infected, phenotypic alterations induced by parasites can interfere with host traits involved in the engineering processes. {S}econdly, parasites themselves can be ecosystem engineers since the phenotypic alterations of hosts directly modify the habitat of all the species inhabiting free-living organisms. {T}his new research area at the interface between ecology and parasitology should improve our understanding of the ecological consequences of phenotypic alterations induced by parasites in ecosystems. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{ECOSYSTEME} ; {PARASITISME} ; {PARASITE} ; {HOTE} ; {HABITAT} ; {RELATION} {HOTE} {PARASITE} ; {PHENOTYPE} ; {ALTERATION} ; {DIVERSITE} {SPECIFIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}ikos},
  volume = {84},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {167--171},
  ISSN = {0030-1299},
  year = {1999},
  DOI = {10.2307/3546879},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010021051},
}