Parasites and biological invasions: Conclusions and future perspectives

This book represents the first dedicated effort to take a taxonomically, geographically and interdisciplinary broad approach at synthesizing our current understanding around invasive parasites. The broad fields of parasitology and biological invasions have been integrated across the chapters to explore the diverse and dynamic effects of invasive parasites on novel ecologies and host-parasite symbioses, while reviewing any available empirical evidence that support our knowledge of the role of invasive parasites. In this final chapter, we briefly revisit each chapter, and highlight challenges in our understanding, predictive capacity and management techniques, including the effects of these elusive yet highly influential players within ecosystems.