Context dependence arises when ecological relationships vary with the conditions under which they are observed. Context dependence of interactions involving parasites is poorly known, even if it is key to understandin...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project numbers:32030015,32000300);the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(Project number:ZR2021QC104,ZR2022QC096);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Project numbers:2021M701993,2022M711922);the King Saud University,Saudi Arabia(Project number RSP2023R10).We sincerely thank the“Weishan Wetland Station”for institutional support.
During a study on the diversity of ciliated protists in Lake Weishan Wetland,the largest wetland in northern China,four epibiotic sessilid peritrichs were isolated from aquatic host animals.Two of them,i.e.,Epistylis ...
We are grateful to the Universidade Federal de Sergipe(PROAP/CAPESAJFS)for logistical support;This study was financed in part by the Coordenaqao de Aperfeiqoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior-Brasil(CAPES)-Finance Code 001.
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support by Dongzhai National Nature Reserve for conducting this study;provided by National Science Foundation East Asia Pacific Summer Institute(EAPSI);Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology,and China Science and Technology Exchange Center;provided by Alabama A&M University and Beijing Normal University
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Supported by the DAAD(Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst).
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