Dr.

Simon Tragust

Postdoc
Animal Ecology I, Animal Population Ecology

At BayCEER until 07/2017
e-Mail: simon.tragust(at)zoologie.uni-halle.de

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Animal Population Ecology

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Research interests:

• Functional aspects of collective immunity in ants
  
  • collective disease resistance in ant societies when fighting fungal pathogens
  • hygienic brood care

• Ectoparasitic fungal infections in ants
  
  • host-parasite system between Laboulbenia formicarum (from North America) and the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus in Europe
  • origin of Laboulbenia formicarum in Europe
  • impact of this ectoparasitic infection on Lasius neglecuts.

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