Department of Geography, King's College London, London WC2B 4BG, UK.
Trends Parasitol. 2023 Aug;39(8):618-621. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.05.005. Epub 2023 Jun 16.
Parasites stabilise food webs and facilitate species coexistence but can also lead to population- or species-level extinctions. So, in biodiversity conservation, are parasites friends or foes? This question is misleading: it implies that parasites are not part of biodiversity. Greater integration of parasites into global biodiversity and ecosystem conservation efforts is required.
寄生虫稳定了食物网并促进了物种共存，但也可能导致种群或物种灭绝。因此，在生物多样性保护中，寄生虫是朋友还是敌人？这个问题具有误导性：它意味着寄生虫不是生物多样性的一部分。需要将寄生虫更充分地纳入全球生物多样性和生态系统保护工作中。
