[HTML][HTML] Experimental manipulation of cavity temperature produces differential effects on parasite abundances in blue tit nests at two different latitudes

F Castaño-Vázquez, YR Schumm, A Bentele… - International Journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although different predictive models forecast that climate change will alter the distribution
and incidence of parasitic diseases, few studies have investigated how microclimatic …

Co‐infections and environmental conditions drive the distributions of blood parasites in wild birds

NJ Clark, K Wells, D Dimitrov… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental work increasingly suggests that non‐random pathogen associations can affect
the spread or severity of disease. Yet due to difficulties distinguishing and interpreting co …

[BOOK][B] Island biogeography: geo-environmental dynamics, ecology, evolution, human impact, and conservation

RJ Whittaker, JM Fernández-Palacios, TJ Matthews - 2023 - books.google.com
Island biogeography is the study of the distribution and dynamics of species in island
environments. Due to their isolation from more widespread continental species, islands are …

Competition‐driven niche segregation on a landscape scale: evidence for esca** from syntopy towards allotopy in two coexisting sibling passerine species

J Reif, R Reifová, A Skoracka… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The role of interspecific competition for generating patterns in species' distribution is hotly
debated and studies taking into account processes occurring at both large and small spatial …

Host species, and not environment, predicts variation in blood parasite prevalence, distribution, and diversity along a humidity gradient in northern South America

PC Pulgarín‐R, JP Gómez, S Robinson… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental factors strongly influence the ecology and evolution of vector‐borne
infectious diseases. However, our understanding of the influence of climatic variation on …

Influence of land use and host species on parasite richness, prevalence and co-infection patterns

S Reis, M Melo, R Covas, C Doutrelant… - International journal for …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tropical forests are experiencing increasing impacts from a multitude of anthropogenic
activities such as logging and conversion to agricultural use. These perturbations are …

Avian malaria, ecological host traits and mosquito abundance in southeastern Amazonia

A Fecchio, VA Ellis, JA Bell, CB Andretti, FM D'horta… - Parasitology, 2017 - cambridge.org
Avian malaria is a vector transmitted disease caused by Plasmodium and recent studies
suggest that variation in its prevalence across avian hosts is correlated with a variety of …

Factors affecting the distribution of haemosporidian parasites within an oceanic island

DP Padilla, JC Illera, C Gonzalez-Quevedo… - International Journal for …, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding how different ecological and evolutionary processes influence the
distribution of pathogens within the environment is important from many perspectives …

Neotropical migratory and resident birds occurring in sympatry during winter have distinct haemosporidian parasite assemblages

L Soares, SC Latta, RE Ricklefs - Journal of Biogeography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We compared the parasite assemblages of over‐wintering migratory birds and
permanent residents on the wintering grounds. We determined whether parasite sharing …

Haemosporidian parasites of Neotropical birds: Causes and consequences of infection

VA Ellis, A Fecchio, RE Ricklefs - The Auk, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, and Leucocytozoon
are among the best studied parasites of Neotropical birds. Here, we describe variation in …