TY - JOUR
T1 - Establishing a comprehensive host-parasite stable isotope database to unravel trophic relationships
AU - Sabadel, Amandine J. M.
AU - Riekenberg, Philip
AU - Ayala-Diaz, Monica
AU - Belk, Mark C.
AU - Bennett, Jerusha
AU - Bode, Antonio
AU - Bury, Sarah J.
AU - Dabouineau, Laurent
AU - Delgado, Josette
AU - Finucci, Brittany
AU - García-Seoane, Rita
AU - Giari, Luisa
AU - Henkens, Jessica
AU - IJsseldijk, Lonneke L.
AU - Joling, Tijs
AU - Kerr-Hislop, Ollie
AU - MacLeod, Colin D.
AU - Meyer, Lauren
AU - McGill, Rona A.R.
AU - Negro, Eleonora
AU - Quillfeldt, Petra
AU - Reed, Cecile
AU - Roberts, Chloe
AU - Sayyaf Dezfuli, Bahram
AU - Schmidt, Olaf
AU - Sturbois, Anthony
AU - Suchomel, Andrew D.
AU - Thieltges, David W.
AU - van der Lingen, Carl D.
AU - van der Meer, Marcel T. J.
AU - Viana, Inés G.
AU - Weston, Mark
AU - Willis, Trevor J.
AU - Filion, Antoine
PY - 2025/4/14
Y1 - 2025/4/14
N2 - Over the past decades, stable isotopes have been infrequently used to characterise host-parasite trophic relationships. This is because we have not yet identified consistent patterns in stable isotope values between parasites and their host tissues across species, which are crucial for understanding host-parasite dynamics. To address this, we initiated a worldwide collaboration to establish a unique database of stable isotope values of novel host-parasite pairs, effectively doubling the existing data in published literature. This database includes nitrogen, carbon, and sulphur stable isotope values. We present 3213 stable isotope data entries, representing 586 previously unpublished host-parasite pairs. Additionally, while existing literature was particularly limited in sulphur isotope values, we tripled information on this crucial element. By publishing unreported host-parasite pairs from previously unsampled areas of the world and using appropriate host tissues, our dataset stands unparalleled. We anticipate that end-users will utilise our database to uncover generalisable patterns, deepening our understanding of the complexities of parasite-host relationships and driving future research efforts in stable isotope parasitology.
AB - Over the past decades, stable isotopes have been infrequently used to characterise host-parasite trophic relationships. This is because we have not yet identified consistent patterns in stable isotope values between parasites and their host tissues across species, which are crucial for understanding host-parasite dynamics. To address this, we initiated a worldwide collaboration to establish a unique database of stable isotope values of novel host-parasite pairs, effectively doubling the existing data in published literature. This database includes nitrogen, carbon, and sulphur stable isotope values. We present 3213 stable isotope data entries, representing 586 previously unpublished host-parasite pairs. Additionally, while existing literature was particularly limited in sulphur isotope values, we tripled information on this crucial element. By publishing unreported host-parasite pairs from previously unsampled areas of the world and using appropriate host tissues, our dataset stands unparalleled. We anticipate that end-users will utilise our database to uncover generalisable patterns, deepening our understanding of the complexities of parasite-host relationships and driving future research efforts in stable isotope parasitology.
KW - parasites
KW - isotope
KW - trophic relationships
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105003618640&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41597-025-04970-5
DO - 10.1038/s41597-025-04970-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 40229317
AN - SCOPUS:105003618640
SN - 2052-4463
VL - 12
JO - Scientific Data
JF - Scientific Data
IS - 1
M1 - 623
ER -