Recent studies have generated an explosion of phylogenetic and biogeographic data and
have provided new tools to investigate the processes driving large-scale gradients in …

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 …

Avian insectivores of the tropical rainforest understory (“understory insectivores”) are
common, diverse, and often sensitive to disturbance of tropical forest, making them useful as …

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 …

Avian host life history traits have been hypothesized to predict rates of infection by
haemosporidian parasites. Using molecular techniques, we tested this hypothesis for …

Context Vector-borne diseases (VBD) are a worldwide public health problem for humans
and wildlife.'Global Change'such as habitat alteration and land-use intensification, biotic …

Avian species are commonly infected by multiple parasites, however few studies have
investigated the environmental determinants of the prevalence of co-infection over a large …

Background The role of zoos in conservation programmes has increased significantly in last
decades, and the health of captive animals is essential to guarantee success of such …

The unprecedented rate of change in the Arctic climate is expected to have major impacts on
the emergence of infectious diseases and host susceptibility to these diseases. It is …

Previous studies have found that migratory birds generally have a more diverse array of
pathogens such as parasites, as well as higher intensities of infection. However, it is not …