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Janet Koprivnikar
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Latest papers
Avoidance of parasitic fungi and nematode threats by Tribolium castaneum.
Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology · 2026 · senior author
Scientists' Warning on the Rapid Evolution of Parasites in the Anthropocene.
Evolutionary applications · 2026
Dense aquatic vegetation can reduce parasite transmission to amphibians.
International journal for parasitology · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $198,000
Diet and foraging-related aspects of host-parasite dynamics in freshwater systems
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $105,000
Host resistance and tolerance to parasitism: importance of behaviour and habitat in a changing world
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
- $120,000
Parasitism in aquatic communities- environmental influences and multiple stressors
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
35 publications.
Avoidance of parasitic fungi and nematode threats by Tribolium castaneum.
Smith TR, Koprivnikar J
Scientists' Warning on the Rapid Evolution of Parasites in the Anthropocene.
Poulin R, Bennett J, Blasco-Costa I, Dutra DA, Doherty JF, Dowle E, Filion A, Fredensborg BL, Hasegawa R, Herrmann KK, Keeney DB, Koehler AV, Koprivnikar J, Lagrue C, Lane HS, Leung TLF, Li CH, MacLeod CD, Mouritsen KN, Niebuhr CN, O'Dwyer K, Park E, Paterson RA, Presswell B, Randhawa HS, Ruehle B, Sabadel A, Salloum PM, Thieltges DW, Thomas F, Selbach C
Dense aquatic vegetation can reduce parasite transmission to amphibians.
Milotic M, Milotic D, Koprivnikar J
Effects of predation risk on parasite-host interactions and wildlife diseases.
Thieltges DW, Johnson PTJ, van Leeuwen A, Koprivnikar J
Behave yourself: effects of exogenous-glucocorticoid exposure on larval amphibian anti-parasite behaviour and physiology.
O'Dwyer K, Milotic D, Milotic M, Koprivnikar J
Influences of compound age and identity in the effectiveness of insect quinone secretions against the fungus Beauveria bassiana.
Smith TR, Koprivnikar J
Effects of microplastics and nanoplastics on host-parasite interactions in aquatic environments.
Balsdon MKC, Koprivnikar J
The effects of phylogeny, habitat and host characteristics on the thermal sensitivity of helminth development.
Phillips JA, Vargas Soto JS, Pawar S, Koprivnikar J, Benesh DP, Molnár PK
The enemy of my enemy is my friend: Consumption of parasite infectious stages benefits hosts and predators depending on transmission mode.
Koprivnikar J
How predator and parasite size interact to determine consumption of infectious stages.
McDevitt-Galles T, Carpenter SA, Koprivnikar J, Johnson PTJ
Diet and foraging-related aspects of host-parasite dynamics in freshwater systems
Principal investigators: Koprivnikar, Janet
Keywords: parasite; behaviour; diet; nutrition; foraging; environment; infection; food web; aquatic
Host resistance and tolerance to parasitism: importance of behaviour and habitat in a changing world
Principal investigators: Koprivnikar, Janet
Parasitism in aquatic communities- environmental influences and multiple stressors
Principal investigators: Koprivnikar, Janet
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Robert Baker and Janet Koprivnikar: 5 shared papers
- Janet Koprivnikar and Michael Power: 1 shared paper
- Biology
- Chemistry and Biology
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