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Select journal articles (trainees or students in bold<\/strong>)<\/h4>\n
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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

MacLeod, L.R<\/a>., MacPherson, C.L., <\/span><\/strong>and Luong, L.T.<\/span> 2026. Cost of parasite exposure depends on host ontogeny. Ecological Entomology<\/em>. DOI: 10.1111\/een.70066.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chua, S.<\/strong>, Horn, C.J., and Luong, L.T. 2025. Sclerotization protects Drosophila nigrospiracula<\/em> against parasitism by ectoparasitic mites. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiological<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/738729<\/a><\/p>\n

MacLeod, C. D.<\/strong> and\u00a0 Luong, L. T. 2025. Risk of predation increases susceptibility to parasitism via trait-mediated indirect effects. Oecologia<\/em> 207: 79 (2025). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00442-025-05722-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Tang, H., Horn, C.J., Chua, S., Plitt, C.F., Yuli, S<\/strong>., and Luong, L.T. 2025. The effects of sleep deprivation on susceptibility to parasitic infection in Drosophila nigrospiracula<\/em>. Physiological Entomology. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/phen.12489<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Horn, C.J<\/strong>., Yuli S.,<\/strong> Berry J.A., and Luong L.T. 2025. A male-killing Spiroplasma endosymbiont has age-mediated impacts on Drosophila<\/em> endurance and sleep. J Insect Physiol<\/em>.161: 104723. doi: 10.1016\/j.jinsphys.<\/a><\/p>\n

Liang, C<\/a>.<\/strong> and Luong, L.T.\u00a0 2025. Carry-over non-consumptive effects: impact of parasite exposure during larval stage on adult phenotype. Parasitology.<\/em> doi:10.1017\/S0031182025000265<\/a><\/p>\n

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2024<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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MacLeod, L.R<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong> and Luong, L.T.<\/span> 2024<\/span>. Ecology of fear: ontogeny-mediated non-consumptive effects in a parasite\u2013host system<\/span>. Ecological Entomology<\/i> 50: 93-100.<\/span>\u00a0 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/een.13381<\/a><\/p>\n

Liang, C<\/a>.<\/strong> and Luong, L.T. 2024. Ghosts of parasites past influence current non-consumptive effects in Drosophila nigrospiracula<\/em>. International Journal of Parasitology<\/em> 54: 551-558. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ijpara.2024.04.008<\/a><\/p>\n

MacLeod, C. D. and\u00a0 Luong, L. T. 2024. Navigating the landscape of fear: fruit flies exhibit distinct anti-predator and anti-parasite defensive behaviours. Ecology <\/em>105: e4397. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ecy.4397<\/a><\/p>\n

Horn, C. J<\/strong><\/a>., Luong, L. T., and Visscher, D. R. 2024. Parasites and the ecology of fear: Nonconsumptive effects of ectoparasites on larvae reduce growth in simulated Drosophila. <\/em> Ecology and Evolution<\/em> 14(8): e70079. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ece3.70079<\/a><\/p>\n

D.B.M. Patuwatha Withanage<\/a><\/strong>, and Luong, L.T. 2024. Phasmarhabditis californica<\/em> (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) has reduced establishment success and progeny production in the presence of Pristionchus entomophagus<\/em> (Nematoda: Diplogastridae). Journal of Parasitology <\/em>110: 200-205. <\/em>\u00a0 doi: <\/span><\/span>10.1645\/24-5<\/a>.<\/p>\n

D.B.M. Patuwatha Withanage<\/a><\/strong>, and Luong, L.T. 2024. Chemotaxis response of Phasmarhabditis californica<\/em> (Family: Rhabditidae) and Pristionchus entomophagus<\/em> (Family: Neodiplogasteridae) to the mucus of four slug species. Journal of Parasitology<\/em> 110: 59-65.<\/span> doi: 10.1645\/23-61<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

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2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Horn, C.J<\/a>.<\/strong>, Robinson, S., Tang, H<\/a>.<\/strong>, Luong, L.T. 2023. Ectoparasitic mites exert non-consumptive effects on the larvae of a fruit fly host. Parasitology <\/em><\/span>150: 934\u2013938. doi:\u00a010.1017\/S0031182023000744<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Horn, C.J<\/a>.<\/strong>, Liang, C.<\/a><\/strong>, and Luong, L.T. 2023. Parasite preferences for large host body size can drive overdispersion in a fly-mite association. International Journal of Parasitology <\/em>53: 327-332.<\/span> doi: 10.1016\/j.ijpara.2023.03.003<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

D.B.M. Patuwatha Withanage<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0 Howe, D.K., Richart C., Mc Donnell R.J., Denver, D. and Luong, L.T. 2023. Pestiferous slugs and their associated nematodes in agricultural fields, greenhouses, and nurseries in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Helminthology.<\/em> 97: e41.<\/span> doi: 10.1017\/S0022149X23000226.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Horn, C.J<\/a>.<\/strong>, Visscher, D.R., and Luong, L.T. 2022. Relative contributions of parasite consumptive and non-consumptive effects to host population suppression in simulated fly-mite populations. Oecologia<\/em> 200: 339-347. doi: 10.1007\/s00442-022-05268-8<\/a><\/p>\n

H<\/strong>orn, C<\/strong>.J.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, Wasylenko, J.A.<\/strong>, and Luong, L.T. 2022. Scared of the dark? Phototaxis as behavioural immunity in a host-parasite system. Biology Letters<\/em> 18: <\/span>20210531<\/span>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2021.0531<\/p>\n

H<\/strong>orn, C<\/strong>.J.<\/strong><\/a>, Yoon, T.<\/strong><\/span>, Mierzejewsk, <\/span>M.K<\/strong>., and\u00a0 Luong, L.T. 2022. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Endosymbiotic male-killing Spiroplasma<\/i> affects the physiological and behavioural ecology of Macrocheles-Drosophila<\/i> interactions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology<\/em>. DOI<\/span>: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/AEM.01972-21<\/a><\/p>\n

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2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Koprivnikar J., S.B. Weinstein, L.T. Luong, and J.C. Buck. 2021. Editorial: Ecology and evolution of non-consumptive effects in host-parasite interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fevo.2021.779102<\/a><\/p>\n

Horn, C.J.<\/strong><\/a> and Luong, L.T. 2021. Trade-offs between reproduction and behavioural resistance against ectoparasite infection. 2021. Physiology and Behavior <\/em>239. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.physbeh.2021.113524<\/a><\/p>\n

Brophy, T.<\/strong> and Luong, L.T. 2021. The influence of infection status and parasitism risk on host dispersal and susceptibility to infection in Drosophila nigrospiracula<\/em>. Parasitology,<\/i> 1-27. doi:10.1017\/S0031182021001979<\/a><\/p>\n

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2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brophy, T<\/strong>. and Luong, L.T. 2020. Ectoparasite-induced increase in Drosophila<\/em> host metabolic rate. Physiological Entomology <\/em>46: 1-7. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/phen.12334<\/a><\/p>\n

Brophy, T.<\/strong>, Mc Donnell, R.J., Howe, D.K., Denver, D.R., Ross, J.L., and Luong, L.T. 2020. Nematodes associated with terrestrial slugs in the Edmonton region of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Helminthology<\/em>\u00a0 94:e200<\/span>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/S0022149X20000838<\/a><\/p>\n

Brophy, T.<\/strong> Howe, D.K., Denver, D.R., and Luong, L.T. 2020. First report of a gastropod parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis californica<\/em> (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) in Alberta, Canada. The Journal of Nematology <\/em>52: e2020-92.\u00a0 http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.21307\/jofnem-2020-092<\/a><\/p>\n

Horn, C.J.<\/strong><\/a>, Mierzejewski, M.K.<\/strong>, Elahi, M.E<\/strong>., and Luong, L.T. 2020. Extending the ecology of fear: Parasite-mediated sexual selection drives host response to parasites. Physiology & Behavior <\/em>224:113041.\u00a0<\/span> https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.physbeh.2020.113041<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Durkin, E.S., <\/strong>Proctor, H., and Luong, L.T. 2019. Life history of Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Parasitiformes: Macrochelidae): new insights on life history and evidence of facultative parasitism on Drosophila. Experimental and Applied Acarology <\/span><\/span><\/em>79: 309-321<\/span><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/em>doi: <\/span><\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10493-019-00431-y<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mierzejewski, M.K.<\/strong>, Horn, C.J.<\/strong><\/a> and Luong, L.T. 2019. Ecology of fear: environment-dependent parasite avoidance among ovipositing Drosophila. Parasitology <\/em>146:1564-1570. <\/span>doi: 10.1017\/S0031182019000854<\/a><\/p>\n

Horn, C.J.<\/strong><\/a> and Luong, L.T. 2019. Current parasite resistance trades off with future defences and flight performance. Behavioral Ecology and<\/em> Sociobiology 73: 77. doi: 10.1007\/s00265-019-2697-5<\/a><\/p>\n

Durkin, E.S. <\/strong>and Luong, L.T. 2019. Phenotypic plasticity more essential to maintaining variation in host-attachment behaviour than evolutionary trade-offs in a facultatively parasitic mite. Parasitology <\/em>146: 1289-1295<\/span>. <\/em>doi: 10.1017\/S0031182019000507<\/a><\/p>\n

Luong, L.T. and Mathot, K.J. 2019. Facultative parasites as evolutionary stepping-stones toward parasitic lifestyles. Biology Letters <\/em>5: 20190058<\/span>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2019.0058<\/a><\/p>\n

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2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luong, L.T., Chambers, J.L., Moizis, A<\/strong>., Stock, T.M., and St. Clair, C.C. 2018. Helminth parasites and zoonotic risk associated with urban coyotes (Canis latrans<\/em>) in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Helminthology <\/em>27: 1-5. doi: 10.1017\/S0022149X1800113X.<\/p>\n

Horn, C.J<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong> and Luong, L.T. 2018. Proximity to parasites reduces host fitness independent of infection in a Drosophila-Macrocheles<\/em> system. Parasitology <\/em>1145: 1564-1569. doi: 10.1017\/S0031182018000379.<\/p>\n

Horn, C.J <\/strong><\/a>, Mierzejewski, M.K., and Luong, L.T. 2018. Host respiration rate and injury-derived cues drive host preference by an ectoparasite of fruit flies. Physiological and Biochemical<\/em> Zoology 91: 896-903. doi: 10.1086\/697466.<\/p>\n

Durkin, E.S<\/strong>. and Luong, L.T. 2018. Experimental evolution of infectious behaviour in a facultative ectoparasite”. Journal of Evolutionary Biology <\/em>31: 362-370. doi: 10.1111\/jeb.13227<\/em><\/p>\n

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2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chin, H.M.H<\/strong>., Luong, L.T., and Shostak, A.W. 2017. Longitudinal study of parasite induced mortality of a long-lived host: the importance of exposure to non-parasitic stressors. Parasitology<\/em> 144: 1943-1955. doi: 10.1017\/S0031182017001251.<\/p>\n

Luong, L.T., Brophy, T<\/strong>., Stolz, E., <\/strong>and Chan, S.J<\/strong>. 2017. State-dependent parasitism by a facultative parasite of fruit flies. Parasitology<\/em>\u00a0 144<\/span>: <\/span>1468-1475. doi: 10.1017\/S0031182017000890.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Luong, L.T., Horn, C.J<\/a>., Brophy, T<\/strong>. 2017. Mitey costly: Energetic costs of parasite avoidance and infection. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology<\/em> 90: 471-477. doi: 10.1086\/691704.<\/p>\n

Luong, L.T. and Subasinghe, D<\/strong>. 2017. A facultative ectoparasite attains higher reproductive success as a parasite than its free-living conspecifics. Experimental and Applied Acarology<\/em> 71: 73-70. doi: 10.1007\/s10493-016-0098-2.<\/p>\n

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2015-2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chin, H.M.H<\/strong>., Luong, L.T., and Shostak, A.W. 2016. Rehydration methods to recover cysticercoids of Hymenolepis diminuta<\/em> from dry flour beetle carcasses. Journal of Helminthology<\/em> 91: 470-478. doi: 10.1017\/S0022149X16000365.<\/p>\n

Campbell, E<\/strong>. and Luong, L.T. 2016. Mite choice generates sex and size-biased infection in Drosophila hydei<\/em>. Parasitology <\/em>143: 787-793. doi: 10.1017\/S0031182016000305. <\/em><\/p>\n

Durkin, E.S.<\/strong>, Luong, L.T., and Bird, J. 2015. Mechanisms underlying parasite infection: influence of host body mass and age on chewing louse distribution among brown-headed cowbirds. Parasitology Research<\/em> 114: 4169-4174.<\/p>\n

Luong, L.T., Penoni, L.R., Horn C.J<\/a>.,<\/strong> and Polak, M. 2015. Physical and physiological costs of ectoparasitic mites on host flight endurance. Ecological Entomology<\/em> 40: 518-524.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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