Habitats are rapidly changing across the planet and the consequences will have major and
long-lasting effects on wildlife and their parasites. Birds harbor many types of blood …

Humans and wildlife are at risk from certain vector-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue,
and West Nile and yellow fevers. Factors linked to global change, including habitat …

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 …

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

Theoretical studies predict that parasitic infection may impact host longevity and ultimately
modify the trade-off between reproduction and survival. Indeed, a host may adjust its energy …

Avian malaria parasites provide an important model for studying host-pathogen interactions,
yet understanding their dynamics in vectors under natural conditions is limited. We …

Urbanization affects the ecology of wildlife diseases and although it has been suggested
that there are lower risks of infection in urban areas, there have been no experiments to …

Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are a social, polygamous bird species whose
populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North America over the …

The prevalence of vector-borne parasites varies greatly across host species, and this
heterogeneity has been used to relate infectious disease susceptibility to host species traits …

Habitat quality has direct effects on the evolutionary fitness of breeding organisms, which is
why it is believed that animals tend to have an evolved preference for the best possible …