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Avian host composition, local speciation and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds
Molecular ecology, v 28(10), pp 2681-2693
May 2019
PMID: 30959568
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Abstract
Identifying the ecological factors that shape parasite distributions remains a central goal in disease ecology. These factors include dispersal capability, environmental filters and geographic distance. Using 520 haemosporidian parasite genetic lineages recovered from 7,534 birds sampled across tropical and temperate South America, we tested (a) the latitudinal diversity gradient hypothesis and (b) the distance-decay relationship (decreasing proportion of shared species between communities with increasing geographic distance) for this host-parasite system. We then inferred the biogeographic processes influencing the diversity and distributions of this cosmopolitan group of parasites across South America. We found support for a latitudinal gradient in diversity for avian haemosporidian parasites, potentially mediated through higher avian host diversity towards the equator. Parasite similarity was correlated with climate similarity, geographic distance and host composition. Local diversification in Amazonian lineages followed by dispersal was the most frequent biogeographic events reconstructed for haemosporidian parasites. Combining macroecological patterns and biogeographic processes, our study reveals that haemosporidian parasites are capable of circumventing geographic barriers and dispersing across biomes, although constrained by environmental filtering. The contemporary diversity and distributions of haemosporidian parasites are mainly driven by historical (speciation) and ecological (dispersal) processes, whereas the parasite community assembly is largely governed by host composition and to a lesser extent by environmental conditions.
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- Title
- Avian host composition, local speciation and dispersal drive the regional assembly of avian malaria parasites in South American birds
- Creators
- Alan Fecchio - Federal University of BahiaJeffrey A Bell - University of North DakotaRafael B P Pinheiro - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisVictor R Cueto - National University of Patagonia San Juan BoscoCristian A Gorosito - National University of Patagonia San Juan BoscoHolly L Lutz - Department of Surgery University of Chicago Chicago IlliniosMilene G Gaiotti - University of BrasíliaLuciana V Paiva - Laboratório de Ecologia de Populações Animais, Departamento de Biociências, Universidade Federal Rural do Semiárido, Mossoró, BrazilLeonardo F França - Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-ÁridoGuilherme Toledo-Lima - Federal University of Rio Grande do NorteMariana Tolentino - National Institute of Amazonian ResearchJoão B Pinho - Laboratório de Ecologia de Aves, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, BrazilVasyl V Tkach - University of North DakotaCarla S Fontana - Laboratório de Ornitologia, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia e Programa de Pós‐graduação em Ecologia e Evolução da Biodiversidade PUCRS Porto Alegre BrazilJuan Manuel Grande - National University of La PampaMiguel A Santillán - División Zoología, Museo de Historia Natural de la Provincia de La Pampa, Santa Rosa, Argentina.Renato Caparroz - University of BrasíliaAndrei L Roos - Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRafael Bessa - Sustentar Meio Ambiente LTDA ME, Betim, Brazil.Wagner Nogueira - Universidade Federal de ViçosaThiago Moura - State University of Feira de SantanaErica C Nolasco - State University of Feira de SantanaKiba J M Comiche - Núcleo de Estudos em Malária Superintendência de Controle de Endemias Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Universidade de São Paulo BrazilKarin Kirchgatter - Núcleo de Estudos em Malária Superintendência de Controle de Endemias Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo Universidade de São Paulo BrazilLilian O Guimarães - Núcleo de Estudos em Malária, Superintendência de Controle de Endemias, Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, BrazilJanice H Dispoto - Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversityMiguel  Marini - University of BrasíliaJason D Weckstein - Drexel UniversityHenrique Batalha-Filho - Federal University of BahiaMichael D Collins - Rhodes College
- Publication Details
- Molecular ecology, v 28(10), pp 2681-2693
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); Ornithology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000472237600018
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85066913138
- Other Identifier
- 991019169906604721
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