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Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions
Global ecology and biogeography, v 30(12), pp 2393-2406
01 Dec 2021
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Abstract
Aim Macroecological analyses provide valuable insights into factors that influence how parasites are distributed across space and among hosts. Amid large uncertainties that arise when generalizing from local and regional findings, hierarchical approaches applied to global datasets are required to determine whether drivers of parasite infection patterns vary across scales. We assessed global patterns of haemosporidian infections across a broad diversity of avian host clades and zoogeographical realms to depict hotspots of prevalence and to identify possible underlying drivers. Location Global. Time period 1994-2019. Major taxa studied Avian haemosporidian parasites (genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon and Parahaemoproteus). Methods We amalgamated infection data from 53,669 individual birds representing 2,445 species world-wide. Spatio-phylogenetic hierarchical Bayesian models were built to disentangle potential landscape, climatic and biotic drivers of infection probability while accounting for spatial context and avian host phylogenetic relationships. Results Idiosyncratic responses of the three most common haemosporidian genera to climate, habitat, host relatedness and host ecological traits indicated marked variation in host infection rates from local to global scales. Notably, host ecological drivers, such as migration distance for Plasmodium and Parahaemoproteus, exhibited predominantly varying or even opposite effects on infection rates across regions, whereas climatic effects on infection rates were more consistent across realms. Moreover, infections in some low-prevalence realms were disproportionately concentrated in a few local hotspots, suggesting that regional-scale variation in habitat and microclimate might influence transmission, in addition to global drivers. Main conclusions Our hierarchical global analysis supports regional-scale findings showing the synergistic effects of landscape, climate and host ecological traits on parasite transmission for a cosmopolitan and diverse group of avian parasites. Our results underscore the need to account for such interactions, in addition to possible variation in drivers across regions, to produce the robust inference required to predict changes in infection risk under future scenarios.
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- Title
- Global drivers of avian haemosporidian infections vary across zoogeographical regions
- Creators
- Alan Fecchio - Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoNicholas J. Clark - University of QueenslandJeffrey A. Bell - University of North DakotaHeather R. Skeen - University of ChicagoHolly L. Lutz - University of ChicagoGabriel M. De La Torre - Federal University of ParanáJefferson A. Vaughan - University of North DakotaVasyl V. Tkach - University of North DakotaFabio Schunck - Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos – CBRO, São Paulo, BrazilFrancisco C. Ferreira - Smithsonian Conservation Biology InstituteErika M. Braga - Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisCamile Lugarini - Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da BiodiversidadeWanyoike Wamiti - National Museums of KenyaJanice H. Dispoto - Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel UniversitySpencer C. Galen - University of ScrantonKarin Kirchgatter - Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo BrazilM. Cecilia Sagario - Grupo de Ecología Terrestre de Neuquén, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA–CONICET and UNComahue), and Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Neuquén (CEAN) Junín de los Andes Neuquén ArgentinaVictor R. Cueto - National University of Patagonia San Juan BoscoDaniel Gonzalez-Acuna - University of ConcepciónMizue Inumaru - Nihon UniversityYukita Sato - Nihon UniversityYvonne R. Schumm - University of GiessenPetra Quillfeldt - University of GiessenIrene Pellegrino - University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo AvogadroGuha Dharmarajan - Savannah River National LaboratoryPooja Gupta - Savannah River National LaboratoryV. V. Robin - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, TirupatiArif Ciloglu - Erciyes UniversityAlparslan Yildirim - Erciyes UniversityXi Huang - Beijing Normal UniversityLeonardo Chapa-Vargas - Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y TecnológicaPaulina Alvarez-Mendizabal - Instituto de EcologíaDiego Santiago-Alarcon - University of South FloridaSerguei Drovetski - US Geol Survey, Eastern Ecol Sci Ctr, Patuxent Res Refuge, Beltsville, MD USAOlof Hellgren - Lund UniversityGary Voelker - Texas A&M UniversityRobert E. Ricklefs - University of Missouri–St. LouisShannon J. Hackett - Field Museum of Natural HistoryMichael D. Collins - Rhodes CollegeJason D. Weckstein - Drexel UniversityKonstans Wells - Swansea Universityet al
- Publication Details
- Global ecology and biogeography, v 30(12), pp 2393-2406
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- 88887.342366/2019-00 / Programa Nacional de Pos Doutorado scholarship from Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES); Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) 1170972 / project Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico Field Museum's Emerging Pathogens Project Davee Foundation DE-EM0004391 / U.S. Department of Energy; United States Department of Energy (DOE) DEB-1503804; DEB-1120734; DEB 1717498 / U.S. National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Department of Science and Technology, India; Department of Science & Technology (India) Dr Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust National Geographic Society Supercomputing Wales project - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) via the Welsh Government Wilson Ornithological Society (Hall/Mayfield Research Grant) African Council of the Field Museum, Chicago, IL, USA U.S. National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) 2011-01-168524; 2015-01-1628 / Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT); Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT) EA16/1083 / British Ecological Society
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Science (BEES); Urban Health Collaborative; Ornithology; Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000693868900001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85114332306
- Other Identifier
- 991019168402804721
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