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Between‐ and within‐population drivers of haemosporidian prevalence and diversity in American robins Turdus migratorius
Journal of avian biology, v 2025(3), e03430
01 May 2025
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Abstract
Avian haemosporidians are a diverse group of parasites that infect birds worldwide and have been a major focus of research for decades. Yet, few studies have identified the drivers of infection at the intraspecific host level. We aimed to study the drivers of prevalence and diversity of haemosporidian parasites infecting a common North American songbird species, the American robin Turdus migratorius, which breeds across most of the continent. We found little seasonal variation in haemosporidian prevalence in robins, although we detected a significantly positive relationship between robin breeding latitude and co-infection with different haemosporidian parasite lineages. Additionally, robins infected with Plasmodium had substantially better body condition than uninfected robins, which could be due to migratory culling. We detected 31 haemosporidian lineages among the robins we sampled, of which eight were novel. When matched against known haemosporidian lineages, our results suggest that robins harbor a higher diversity of haemosporidian parasites than previously known. The results of this study suggest that comparisons of common, widespread bird species such as robins across their range could help unveil novel aspects of the haemosporidian–host relationship and how such a relationship may change under current and future rapid environmental change.
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- Title
- Between‐ and within‐population drivers of haemosporidian prevalence and diversity in American robins Turdus migratorius
- Creators
- Alex E. Jahn (Corresponding Author) - Oregon State UniversityDaniela de Angeli Dutra - Stanford UniversityJeffrey A. Bell - University of North DakotaJanice H. Dispoto - Drexel UniversityAlan Fecchio - Drexel UniversityEllen D. Ketterson - Indiana University BloomingtonKamila M.D. Kuabara - Drexel UniversityTara M. Smiley - Stony Brook UniversityTaylor B. Verrett - University of OklahomaJason D. Weckstein - Drexel UniversityEmily J. Williams - Georgetown UniversityDaniel J. Becker - University of Oklahoma
- Publication Details
- Journal of avian biology, v 2025(3), e03430
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge Initiative at Indiana UniversityUniversity of Oklahoma Libraries' Open Access Fund
This study was funded by the Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge Initiative at Indiana University. Financial support was also provided by the University of Oklahoma Libraries' Open Access Fund.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); Ornithology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001551906600020
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-105007522703
- Other Identifier
- 991022056900304721
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- Ornithology