
Summary: As animals move through the landscape they play an important role in ecosystem functioning, removing nutrients by ingestion, and depositing nutrients by egestion and excretion. Animal movement determines where these processes occur. However, animal mediated nutrient cycling is not only a function of where but also how much is being removed or deposited. Parasitism has the potential to impact both the where and how much. In this presentation I will present work that considers how impacts to host physiology, movement, and foraging behaviour can influence animal mediated nutrient cycling before, during, and after parasite infection. I will first present how the perception of infection risk can impact animal movement and behaviour prior to infection, affecting the location of these processes. I then use simulations to investigate how the quantity of nutrients being redistributed changes during and after infection. Impacts to host physiology and behavioural changes can impact consumption and metabolic processes - and therefore the quantity of nutrients being deposited.