Fig. 2.

How do we use networks to understand the ecology of parasite transmission? Networks allow us to describe how the behaviour of individuals collectively affects the transmission of parasites within wildlife populations. They provide a flexible framework that enables analysis at three different levels; individual (panel A), dyadic (pair-wise associations) (panel B) and the network (population) level (panel C). Within each level of analysis, there are different metrics and analytical approaches that can be used to explore the ecology of parasite transmission.