Andrew Park
@andrew-w-park.bsky.social
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I teach and research the ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions
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Andrew Park
Tad Dallas
2 months ago
We will be recruiting graduate researchers to start Fall 2026 in the Dallas lab at U South Carolina. We are a mix of population, community, and disease ecologists. Parasite macroecology!!! Feel free to reach out to chat and see our webpage for more info on our science (
taddallas.github.io
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Andrew Park
EEID 2026 at Virginia Tech
18 days ago
Hope you can join us for three full days (June 2-4th, 2026) of great science in a beautiful setting!
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We recently studied how avian malaria parasites are distributed globally, with bird migration, host community similarity, & environmental affinity all playing a role. Important because some lineages are more harmful than others and distributions susceptible to global change
doi.org/10.1111/1749...
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Bird Community Composition, Migration, and Environmental Factors Jointly Influence the Global Distribution of Avian Haemosporidian Lineages
Avian haemosporidians are widely distributed; however, the role of migratory and non-migratory birds, as well as environmental conditions, is incompletely understood. A histogram of the number of par...
https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.70004
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The Park lab is recruiting a disease ecology modeling student to the PhD Ecology program at UGA for Fall 2026 to join an NIH funded, multi-institution project studying bat-virus dynamics in Kenya and Belize (
reporter.nih.gov/project-deta...
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Really enjoyed linking parasite phylogenetic specialism to metrics of adaptation. Principal hosts of specialists have higher population density, prevalence & intensity. Auxiliary quality hosts of specialists are relatives, whereas for generalists they overlap in space & diet
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
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Costs of parasite generalism revealed by abundance patterns across mammalian hosts | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Most parasites are able to infect several host species, yet generalism is anticipated to be a costly strategy. Parasite abundance provides an important indicator of fitness because it is promoted by l...
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1157
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