Dr.Simon Tragust
PostdocAnimal Ecology I, Animal Population Ecology
At BayCEER until 07/2017
e-Mail: simon.tragust(at)zoologie.uni-halle.de
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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