Chapters in collective volumes
1. Krasnov, B.R. & Poulin, P. 2015. Relationships between parasite diversity and host diversity. In: S. Morand, B.R. Krasnov. and T. Littlewood (eds.). Parasite Diversity and Diversification: Evolutionary Ecology Meets Phylogenetics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
2. Desdevises, Y., Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R. & Claude, J. 2015. Comparative analysis - recent developments and uses with parasites. In: S. Morand, B.R. Krasnov. and T. Littlewood (eds.). Parasite Diversity and Diversification: Evolutionary Ecology Meets Phylogenetics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
3. Krasnov, B.R., Morand, S. & Poulin, R. 2015. Phylogenetic signals in ecological properties of parasites. In: S. Morand, B.R. Krasnov. and T. Littlewood (eds.). Parasite Diversity and Diversification: Evolutionary Ecology Meets Phylogenetics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Scientific Publications 2015-2020
1. Pilosof, S., Morand, S. Krasnov, B.R. & Nunn, C.L. 2015. Potential parasite transmission in multi-host networks based on parasite sharing. PLos One 10: e0117909.
2. Gutiérrez, R., Krasnov, B.R., Morick, D., Gottlieb, Y., Khokhlova, I.S. & Harrus, S. 2015. Bartonella infection in rodents and their flea ectoparasites – an overview. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 15: 27-39.
3. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., Khokhlova, I.S., Stanko, M., Morand, S. & Mouillot, D. 2015. Assembly rules of ectoparasite communities across scales: combining patterns of abiotic factors, host composition, geographic space, phylogeny and traits. Ecography 38: 184–197.
4. Stanko, M., Frićova, J, Miklisova, D., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2015. Environment-related and host-related factors affecting the occurrence of lice on rodents in Central Europe. Parasitology 142: 938–947.
5. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2015. Historical biogeography of fleas: the former Bering Land Bridge and phylogenetic dissimilarity between the Nearctic and Palearctic assemblages. Parasitology Research 114: 1677-1686.
6. Rzotkiewicz, S., Gutiérrez, R., Krasnov, B.R., Morick, D., Khokhlova, I.S., Biala, Y., Baneth, G. & Harrus, S. 2015. Novel evidence suggests that Candidatus Rickettsia asemboensis, of the "Rickettsia felis-like" group, is an endosymbiont of the desert flea, Xenopsylla ramesis. Molecular Ecology 24: 1364–1373.
7. Bordes, F., Morand, S., Pilosof, S., Claude, J., Krasnov, B.R., Cosson, J.-F., Chaval, Y., Ribas, A., Chaisiri, K., Herbreteau, V., Dupuy, S. & Tran, A. 2015. Fragmentation affects properties of host-parasite network but not parasite species richness: insights from rodents and helminths in South-East Asia. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 1253–1263.
8. Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Vinarski, M.V., Khokhlova, I.S., Shenbrot, G.I. & Krasnov, B.R. 2015. Intraspecific variation of body size in a gamasid mite Laelaps clethrionomydis: environment, geography and host dependence. Parasitology Research 114: 3767-3774.
9. Khokhlova, I.S., Dlugosz, E.M. & Krasnov, B.R. 2015. Fitness responses to co-infestation in fleas exploiting rodent hosts. Parasitology 142: 1535-1542.
10. Barnard, K., Krasnov, B.R., Goff, L. & Matthee, S. 2015. Infracommunity dynamics of chiggers (Trombiculidae) parasitic on a rodent. Parasitology 142: 1605-1611.
11. Downs, C. J., Pinshow, B., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2015. Flea fitness is reduced by high fractional concentrations of CO2 that simulate levels found in their hosts’ burrows. Journal of Experimental Biology 218: 3596-3603.
12. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., Khokhlova, I.S. & Degen, A.A. 2016. Trait-based and phylogenetic associations between parasites and their hosts: a case study with small mammals and fleas in the Palearctic. Oikos 125: 29-38.
13. Khokhlova, I.S., Dlugosz, E.M. & Krasnov, B.R. 2016. Experimental evidence of negative interspecific interactions among imago fleas: flea and host identities matter. Parasitology Research 115: 937-947.
14. Krasnov, B.R., Kiefer, D., Warburton, E.M. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2016. Szidat’s rule re-tested: relationships between flea and host phylogenetic clade ranks in four biogeographic realms. Parasitology 143: 732-731.
15. Garrido, M., Hochman Adler, V., Pnini, M., Abramsky, Z.., Krasnov, B.R., Gutman, R., Kronfeld-Schor, N., & Hawlena, H. 2016. Time budget, oxygen consumption and body mass responses to parasites in juvenile and adult wild rodents. Parasites & Vectors 9: 120 DOI 10.1186/s13071-016-1407-7.
16. van der Mescht, L., Krasnov, B.R., Matthee, C.A. & Matthee, S. 2016. Community structure of fleas within and among populations of three closely related rodent hosts: nestedness and beta-diversity. Parasitology 143: 1268–1278.
17. Warburton, E.M., Kam, M., Bar-Shira, E., Friedman, A., Khokhlova, I.S., Koren, L., Asfur, M., Geffen, E., Kiefer, D., Krasnov, B.R. & Degen, A.A. 2016. Effects of parasite pressure on parasite mortality and reproductive output in a rodent-flea system: inferring host defense trade-offs. Parasitology Research 115: 2155–2164.
18. Kiefer, D., Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2016. Reproductive consequences of female size in haematophagous ectoparasites. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 2368-2376.
19. Junker, K., Calitz, F., Govender, D., Krasnov, B.R. & Boomker, J. 2016. Pentastome assemblages of the Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus Laurenti (Reptilia: Crocodylidae), in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Folia Parasitologica 63: 040. doi: 10.14411/fp.2016.040.
20. Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S., Dlugosz, E.M., Van Der Mescht, L. & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Effects of parasitism on host reproductive investment in a rodent—flea system: host litter size matters. Parasitology Research 116: 703-710.
21. Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S., Kiefer, D. & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Morphological asymmetry and habitat quality: using fleas and their rodent hosts as a novel experimental system. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 1307-1312.
22. Van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S., Warburton, E.M. & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Parasite performance and host alternation: is there a negative effect in host-specific and host-opportunistic parasites? Parasitology 144: 1107-1116.
23. Spickett, A., Junker, K., Krasnov, B.R., Haukisalmi, V. & Matthee, S. 2017. Helminth parasitism in two closely-related South African rodents: abundance, prevalence, species richness and impinging factors. Parasitology Research 116: 1395–1409.
24. Spickett, A., Junker, K., Krasnov, B.R., Haukisalmi, V. & Matthee, S. 2017. Intra- and interspecific similarity in species composition of helminth communities in two closely-related rodents from South Africa. Parasitology 144: 1211-1220.
25. Maestri, R., Shenbrot, G.I. & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Parasite beta-diversity, host beta-diversity, and environment: application of two approaches to reveal patterns of flea species turnover in Mongolia. Journal of Biogeography 44: 1880-1890.
26. Warburton, E.M., van der Mescht, L., Stanko, M., Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Beta-diversity of ectoparasites at two spatial scales: nested hierarchy, geography and habitat type. Oecologia 184: 507-520.
27. van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S., Warburton, E.M., & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Revisiting the role of dissimilarity of host communities in driving dissimilarity of ectoparasite assemblages: Non-linear vs linear approach. Parasitology 144: 1365–1374.
28. van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S., Warburton, E.M., & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. Relationships among different facets of host specificity in three taxa of haematophagous ectoparasites. International Journal for Parasitology 47: 961-969.
29. Spickett, A., Junker, K., Krasnov, B.R., Haukisalmi, V. & Matthee, S. 2017. Community structure of helminth parasites in two closely related South African rodents differing in sociality and spatial behavior. Parasitology Research 116: 2299–2312.
30. Korine, C., Pilosof, S., Gross, A., Morales-Malacara, J.B. & Krasnov, B.R. 2017. The effect of water contamination and host-related factors on ectoparasite load in an insectivorous bat. Parasitology Research 116: 2517–2526.
31. Pilosof, G., Greenbaum, G., Krasnov, B.R. & Zelnik, Y.R. 2017. Asymmetric disease dynamics in multihost interconnected networks. J. Theor. Biol. 430: 237-244.
32. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., van der Mescht, L., Warburton, E.M. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2018. Phylogenetic heritability of geographic range size in haematophagous ectoparasites: time of divergence and variation among continents. Parasitology 145: 1623-1632.
33. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., van der Mescht, L., Warburton, E.M. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2018. The latitudinal, but not the longitudinal, geographic range positions of haematophagous ectoparasites demonstrate historical signatures. Int. J. Parasitol. 48: 743-749.
34. Warburton, E.M., van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S., Krasnov, B.R. & Vonhof, M.J. 2018. Nestedness in assemblages of helminth parasites of bats: a function of geography, environment or host nestedness? Parasitol. Res. 117: 1621-1630.
35. van der Mescht, L., Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S., Stanko, M., Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P. & Krasnov, B.R. 2018. Biogeography of parasite abundance: latitudinal gradient and distance decay of similarity in the abundance of fleas and mites parasitic on small mammals in the Palearctic at three spatial scales. International Journal for Parasitology 48: 857-866.
36. van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S., Warburton, E.M., Dlugosz, E.M., Kotler, B.P. & Krasnov, B.R. 2018. Can we predict the success of a parasite to colonize an invasive host? Parasitology Research 117: 2305–2314.
37. Surkova, E.N., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Vinarski, M.V., Stanko, M., Warburton, E.M., van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2018. Sexual size dimorphism and sex ratio in arthropod ectoparasites: contrasting patterns at different hierarchical scales. International Journal for Parasitology 48: 969-978.
38. Surkova, E.N, Warburton, E.M., van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2018. Body size and ecological traits in fleas parasitic on small mammals in the Palearctic: larger species attain higher abundance. Oecologia 188: 559–569.
39. Surkova, E.N., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Vinarski, M.V., van der Mescht, L., Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2018. Body size distribution in flea communities harboured by Siberian small mammals as affected by host species, host sex and scale: scale matters the most. Evolutionary Ecology 32: 643-662.
40. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., Warburton, E.M., van der Mescht, L., Surkova, E.N., Medvedev, S.G., Pechnikova, N., Ermolova, N., Kotti, B.K. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2019. Species and site contributions to beta diversity in fleas parasitic on the Palearctic small mammals: ecology, geography and host species composition matter the most. Parasitology 146: 653–661.
41. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., van der Mescht, L., Warburton, E.M., & Khokhlova, I.S. 2019. Phylogenetic and compositional diversity are governed by different rules: a study of fleas parasitic on small mammals in four biogeographic realms. Ecography 42: 1000-1011.
42. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Vinarski. M.V., van der Mescht, L., Warburton, E.M. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2019. Do the pattern and strength of species associations in ectoparasite communities conform to biogeographic rules? Parasitology Research 118: 1113–1125.
43. Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S., van der Mescht, L., Downs, C.J., Dlugosz, E.M. & Krasnov, B.R. 2019. Effects of maternal and grandmaternal flea infestation on offspring quality and quantity in a desert rodent: evidence for parasite-mediated transgenerational phenotypic plasticity. International Journal for Parasitology 49: 481-488.
44. Junker, K., Spickett, A., Swanepoel, M., Krasnov, B.R., Boomker, J. & Hoffman, L. 2019. Gastrointestinal helminths from the common warthog, Phacochoerus africanus (Gmelin) (Suidae), in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, with comments on helminths of Suidae and Tayassuidae worldwide. Parasitology 146: 1541–1549.
45. Van der Mescht, L., Khokhlova, I.S. Surkova, E.N., Warburton, E.M. & Krasnov, B.R. 2019. Reproductive performance in generalist haematophagous ectoparasites: maternal environment, rearing conditions or both? Parasitology Research 118: 2087–2096.
46. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Vinarski. M.V., Warburton, E.M. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2019. The effects of environment, hosts and space on compositional, phylogenetic and functional beta-diversity in two taxa of arthropod ectoparasites. Parasitology Research 118: 2107–2120.
47. Spickett, A., van der Mescht, L., Junker, K., Krasnov, B.R., Haukisalmi, V. & Matthee, S. 2019. Beta diversity of gastrointestinal helminths in two closely-related South African rodents: species and site contributions. Parasitology Research 118: 2863-2875.
48. Naumova, E., Chistova, T., Zharova, G, Kam, M., Khokhlova, I., Krasnov, B. & Degen, A. 2019. Energy requirements, length of digestive tract compartments and body mass in six gerbilline rodents of the Negev Desert. Zoology 137: 125715.
49. Jeliazkov, A., Mijatovic, D.,….Krasnov, B.R.,…., Zolotarev, M. & Chase, J.M. (80 authors). 2019. A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space. Scientific Data 7: 6. doi:10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7
50. Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S., Palme, R., Surkova, E.N., van der Mescht, L. & Krasnov, B.R. 2020. Flea infestation, social contact, and stress in a gregarious rodent species: minimizing the potential parasitic costs of group-living. Parasitology 147: 78-86.
51. Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P., Shenbrot, G.I., Warburton, E.M., Surkova, E.N., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2020. Species associations and trait dissimilarity in communities of ectoparasitic arthropods harboured by small mammals at three hierarchical scales. Ecological Entomology 45: 321–332.
52. Maestri, R., Shenbrot, G.I., Warburton, E.M., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. (2020). Contrasting responses of beta diversity components to environmental and host-associated factors in insect ectoparasites. Ecological Entomology 45:594–605.
53. Koren, L., Matas, D., Doniger, T., Sarid, S., Asfur, M., Yadid, G., Khokhlova, I.S., Krasnov, B.R., Kam, M. & Degen, A.A. 2020. Sex differences in testosterone reactivity and sensitivity in a non-model gerbil. General and Comparative Endocrinology 291: 113418.
54. Khokhlova, I.S., Fielden, L.J., Warburton, E.M, van der Mescht, L. & Krasnov, B.R. 2020. Feeding performance on a novel host: no adaptation over generations and differential patterns in two flea species. Parasitology 147: 721–728.
55. Krasnov, B.R. Shenbrot, G.I., van der Mescht, L. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2020. Drivers of compositional turnover are related to species commonness in flea assemblages from four biogeographic realms: zeta diversity and Multi-Site Generalised Dissimilarity Modelling. International Journal for Parasitology 50: 331-344.
56. Krasnov, B.R. Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2020. Patterns of zeta diversity in ectoparasite communities harboured by small mammals at three hierarchical scales: taxon‑invariance and scale‑dependence. Oecologia 192: 1057–1071.
57. Krasnov, B.R., Stanko, M. Lareschi, M. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2020. Species co-occurrences in ectoparasite infracommunities: accounting for confounding factors associated with space, time, and host community composition. Ecological Entomology 45: 1158–1171.
58. Krasnov, B.R., Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2020. Spatial and temporal turnover of parasite species and parasite-host interactions: a case study with fleas and gamasid mites parasitic on small mammals. Parasitology Research 119: 2093–2104.
59. Krasnov, B.R., Shenbrot, G.I., Vinarski, M.V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, N.P. & Khokhlova, I.S. 2020. Multi-site generalised dissimilarity modelling reveals drivers of species turnover in ectoparasite assemblages of small mammals across the northern and central Palearctic. Global Ecology and Biogeography 9:1579–1594.
60. Maestri, R., Fiedler, M.S., Shenbrot, G.I., Surkova, E.N., Medvedev, S.G., Khokhlova, I.S. & Krasnov, B.R. 2020. Harrison’s rule scales up to entire parasite assemblages but is determined by environmental factors. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 2888-2895.
61. Krasnov, B.R., Junker, K., Wood, S., Ueckermann, E.A., Venter, G.J., van der Mescht, L., Heyne, H. & Jacobs, D.S. 2020. Compositional turnover in ecto- and endoparasite assemblages of an African bat, Miniopterus natalensis (Chiroptera, Miniopteridae): effects of hierarchical scale and host sex. Parasitology 147: 1728–1742.
62. Medvedev, S.G., Sedikhin, N.V. & Krasnov, B.R. 2020. Intraspecific variation of body size in fleas: effects of host sex and flea phenology. Parasitology Research 119: 3211–3220.
