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Título: | An inverse latitudinal gradient in infection probability and phylogenetic diversity for Leucocytozoon blood parasites in New World birds |
Autor: | Fecchio, Alan Bell, Jeffrey Andrew Bosholn, Mariane Vaughan, Jefferson A. Tkach, Vasyl V. Lutz, Holly L. Cueto, Víctor Rodolfo Gorosito, Cristian Andrés González-Acuña, Daniel A. Stromlund, Chad Kvasager, Danielle K. Comiche, Kiba J.M. Kirchgatter, Karln Pinho, J. B. Berv, Jacob S. Anciães, Marina Fontana, Carla Suertegaray Zyskowski, Kristof Sampaio, Sidnei Dispoto, Janice H. Galen, Spencer C. Weckstein, Jason D. Clark, Nicholas J. |
Palavras-chave: | Assembly Rule Bird Environmental Conditions Hemoparasite Host Parasite Interaction Infectivity Latitudinal Gradient Macroecology Ndvi Parasite Transmission Phylogenetics Probability Remote Sensing Satellite Data Spatial Distribution Species Diversity Alaska Patagonia United States Aves Leucocytozoon |
Data do documento: | 2020 |
Revista: | Journal of Animal Ecology |
É parte de: | Volume 89, Número 2, Pags. 423-435 |
Abstract: | Geographic variation in environmental conditions as well as host traits that promote parasite transmission may impact infection rates and community assembly of vector-transmitted parasites. Identifying the ecological, environmental and historical determinants of parasite distributions and diversity is therefore necessary to understand disease outbreaks under changing environments. Here, we identified the predictors and contributions of infection probability and phylogenetic diversity of Leucocytozoon (an avian blood parasite) at site and species levels across the New World. To explore spatial patterns in infection probability and lineage diversity for Leucocytozoon parasites, we surveyed 69 bird communities from Alaska to Patagonia. Using phylogenetic Bayesian hierarchical models and high-resolution satellite remote-sensing data, we determined the relative influence of climate, landscape, geography and host phylogeny on regional parasite community assembly. Infection rates and parasite diversity exhibited considerable variation across regions in the Americas. In opposition to the latitudinal gradient hypothesis, both the diversity and prevalence of Leucocytozoon parasites decreased towards the equator. Host relatedness and traits known to promote vector exposure neither predicted infection probability nor parasite diversity. Instead, the probability of a bird being infected with Leucocytozoon increased with increasing vegetation cover (NDVI) and moisture levels (NDWI), whereas the diversity of parasite lineages decreased with increasing NDVI. Infection rates and parasite diversity also tended to be higher in cooler regions and higher latitudes. Whereas temperature partially constrains Leucocytozoon diversity and infection rates, landscape features, such as vegetation cover and water body availability, play a significant role in modulating the probability of a bird being infected. This suggests that, for Leucocytozoon, the barriers to host shifting and parasite host range expansion are jointly determined by environmental filtering and landscape, but not by host phylogeny. Our results show that integrating host traits, host ancestry, bioclimatic data and microhabitat characteristics that are important for vector reproduction are imperative to understand and predict infection prevalence and diversity of vector-transmitted parasites. Unlike other vector-transmitted diseases, our results show that Leucocytozoon diversity and prevalence will likely decrease with warming temperatures. © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Animal Ecology © 2019 British Ecological Society |
DOI: | 10.1111/1365-2656.13117 |
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