Amazonia (defined herein as the Amazon basin) is home to the greatest concentration of
biodiversity on Earth, providing unique genetic resources and ecological functions that …

Haemosporidian parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Leucocytozoon, and Haemoproteus
are one of the most prevalent and widely studied groups of parasites infecting birds …

Parasites with low host specificity (eg infecting a large diversity of host species) are of
special interest in disease ecology, as they are likely more capable of circumventing …

Vector and host communities, as well as habitat characteristics, may have important but
different impacts on the prevalence, richness and evenness of vector‐borne parasites. We …

Identifying the ecological factors that shape parasite distributions remains a central goal in
disease ecology. These factors include dispersal capability, environmental filters and …

Aim Identifying barriers that govern parasite community assembly and parasite invasion risk
is critical to understand how shifting host ranges impact disease emergence. We studied …

Variation in susceptibility is ubiquitous in multi‐host, multi‐parasite assemblages, and can
have profound implications for ecology and evolution in these systems. The extent to which …

Aim Characterizing macroecological patterns in biodiversity is key to improve our
understanding of community assembly. Global biodiversity for many taxa follows a latitudinal …

At broad scales in the Amazon, it is often hypothesized that species distributions are limited
by geographical barriers, such as large rivers (river-barrier hypothesis). This hypothesis has …

Environmental factors strongly influence the ecology and evolution of vector‐borne
infectious diseases. However, our understanding of the influence of climatic variation on …