Effects of precipitation on parasite burden along a natural climatic gradient in southern Africa - implications for possible shifts in infestation patterns due to global changes

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1029-1039

  Froeschke, Götz ^a   Harf, Rainer ^b   Sommer, Simone ^a   Matthee, Sonja ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLINAE; OXYURIDA; RHABDOMYS PUMILIO; SYPHACIA OBVELATA; VERMES;

EID: 77953565589     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18124.x     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Altizer S. Rapid evolutionary dynamics and disease threats to biodiversity. Trends. Ecol. Evol. 2003, 18:589-596.
2. Anderson R C. Nematode parasites of vertebrates: their development and transmission 2000, (2nd ed.), CAB Int
3. Appleton C C, Gouws E. The distribution of common intestinal nematodes along an altitudinal transect in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 1996, 90:181-188.
4. Apps P E. Smither's mammals of southern Africa - a field guide 2000, Southern Book Publishers, Johannesburg
5. Axtner J, Sommer S. Gene duplication, allelic diversity, selection processes and adaptive value of MHC class II DRB genes of the bank vole, Clethrionomys glareolus. Immunoge-netics 2007, 59:417-426.
6. Baylis H A. On a collection of nematodes from Nigerian mammals (chiefly rodents). Parasitology 1928, 20:280-301.
7. Bazzano T. Patterns of infection with the nematodes Syphacia obvelata and Aspiculuris tetraptera in conventionally maintained laboratory mice. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 2002, 97:847-853.
8. Behnke J M. Variation in helminth community structure in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from three comparable localities in the Mazury lake district region of Poland. Parasitology 2001, 123:401-414.
9. Bond W. Small mammals and habitat structure along altitudinal gradients in the southern Cape mountain. S. Afr. J. Zool. 1980, 15:34-43.
10. Brooks D R, Hoberg E P. How will global climate change affect parasite-host assemblages? Trends Parasitol. 2007, 23:571-574.
11. Brooks D R. Phylogeny, ecological fitting and lung flukes: helping solve the problem of emerging infectious diseases. Rev. Mex. Biod. 2006, 77:225-233.
12. Brouat C. Host ecology and variation in helminth community structure in Mastomys rodents from Senegal. Parasitology 2007, 134:437-450.
13. Cattadori I M. Transmission ecology and the structure of parasite communities in small mammals. Micromammals and macroparasites: from evolutionary ecology to management 2006, 349-369. Morand S. (eds),, Springer.
14. Chan K F. Life cycle studies on the nematode Syphacia obvelata. Am. J. Hyg. 1951, 56:14-21.
15. Collins N M. Cestodes from rodents in the Republic of South Africa. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 1972, 39:25-50.
16. De Graaff G. The rodents of southern Africa 1981, Butter-worths, Durban
17. de La Rocque S. Climate change: effects on animal disease systems and implications for surveillance and control. Climate change: impact on the epidemiology and control of animal diseases: Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz. 2008, 27:339-354. de La Rocque S. (eds),
18. Diouf M. Two new species of Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda, Trichostrongylina, Heligmonellidae), coparasites of Mastomys natalensis (Muridae, Murinae) from Benin. Zoosystema 2005, 27:27-35.
19. Durett-Desset M C, Digiani M C. The systematic position of some Ethiopian Nippostrongylinae (Nematoda, Trichostrongylina, Heligmosomoidea) from the National Collection of Animal Helminths, Onderstepoort, South Africa. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 2005, 72:55-65.
20. Erasmus B N. Vulnerability of South African animal taxa to climate change. Global Change Biol. 2002, 8:679-693.
21. Eslami A. Prevalence of helminth infections in the cape hare (Lepus capensis) in Iran. Vet. Res. Comm. 2000, 24:455-458.
22. Feliu C. Genetic and morphological heterogeneity in small rodent whipworms in southwestern Europe: characterization of Trichuris muris and description of Trichuris arvicolae n. sp. (Nematoda: Trichuridae). J. Parasitol. 2000, 8:442-449.
23. Filip S D. ABE unit conversion calculator 1997, Agric. Biol. Engin. Mississippi State Univ
24. Grice R L, Prociv P. In vitro embryonation of Syphacia obvelata eggs. Int. J. Parasitol. 1993, 23:257-260.
25. Houghton J T. Climate change2001: the scientific basis. Contribution of working group 1 to the third assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change 2001, Cambridge Univ. Press
26. Hudson P J. Climate disruption and parasite-host dynamics: patterns and processes associated with warming and the frequency of extreme climatic events. J. Helminthol. 2006, 80:175-182.
27. Hubert I A R, Boag B. The potential role of habitat on intestinal helminths of mountain hares, Lepus timidus. J. Helmintol. 2001, 75:345-349.
28. Hugot J-P. Biodiversity in helminths and nematodes as a field of study: an overview. Nematology 2001, 3:199-208.
29. Ibrahim M A. Helminths of the African giant rat (Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse) in Zaire, Nigeria. Rev. Elv. Med. Vet. Pays. Trop. 1984, 37:304-307.
30. Janzen D H. On ecological fitting. Oikos 1985, 45:308-310.
31. Jensen S P. How does habitat structure affect activity and use of space among house mice? Anim. Behav. 2003, 66:239-250.
32. Jex A R. Local climate aridity influences the distribution of thelastomatoid nematodes of the Australian giant burrowing cockroach. Parasitology 2007, 1:1-8.
33. Kutz S J. Global warming is changing the dynamics of Arctic host-parasite systems. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 2005, 272:2571-2576.
34. Levine N D. Nematode parasites of domestic animals and of man. Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis 1968
35. Loehle C. Social barriers to pathogen transmission in wild animal populations. Ecology 1995, 76:326-335.
36. Mas-Coma S. Effects of climate change on animal and zoonotic helminthiases. Climate change: impact on the epidemiology and control of animal diseases: Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz. 2008, 27:443-452. de La Rocque S. (eds),
37. Mason S J. Changes in extreme rainfall events in South Africa. Climate Change 1999, 41:249-257.
38. Matthee S, Krasnov B R. Searching generality in the patterns of parasite abundance and distribution: ectoparasites of a South African rodent, Rhabdomys pumilio. Int. J. Parasitol 2009, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.003
39. Matthee S. Epifaunistic arthropod parasites of the four-striped mouse, Rhabdomys pumilio, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. J. Parasitol. 2007, 93:47-59.
40. Mcculloch B. The relation of climate and topography to gastro-intestinal nematode worm egg counts of Angora Goats in the Eastern Cape. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 1986, 53:167-177.
41. Meadows M E. Global change and southern Africa. Geol. Res. 2006, 44:135-145.
42. Meyer-Lucht Y, Sommer S. MHC diversity and the association to nematode parasitism in the yellow necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis). Mol. Ecol. 2005, 14:2233-2243.
43. Michels C. Infection with Syphacia obvelata (pin-worm) induces protective Th2 immune responses and influences ovalbumin-induced allergic reactions. Infect. Immun. 2006, 74:5926-5932.
44. Morand S, Guégan J-F. Distribution and abundance of parasite nematodes: ecological specialisation, phylogenetic constraint of simply epidemiology? Oikos 2000, 88:563-573.
45. Moyer B R. Low humidity reduces ectoparasite pressure: implications for host life history evolution. Oikos 2002, 97:223-228.
46. Myers N. Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities. Nature 2000, 403:853-858.
47. Nwosu C O. Prevalence and seasonal changes in the population of gastro-intestinal nematodes of small ruminants in the semi-arid zone of northeastern Nigeria. Vet. Parasitol. 2007, 144:118-124.
48. O'Connor L J. Moisture requirements for the free-living development of Haemonchus contortus: quantitative and temporal effects under conditions of low evaporation. Vet. Parasitol. 2007, 150:128-138.
49. Ortlepp R J. South African helminths, part VI. Some helminths, chiefly from rodents. Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res. 1939, 12:75-101.
50. Owen D G. Parasites of laboratory animals. Laboratory handbooks No. 12 1992, Laboratory Animal Ltd by R. Soc. Med. Serv., London
51. Pietrock M, Marcogliese D J. Free-living endohelminth stages: at the mercy of environmental conditions. Trends Parasitol. 2003, 19:293-299.
52. Pisanu B. Epizootiology of Syphacia obvelata from a domestic mouse population on the Subantarctic Kerguelen Archipelago. J. Parasitol. 2002, 88:645-649.
53. Poulin R. The decay of similarity with geographical distance in parasite communites of vertebrate hosts. J. Biogeogr. 2003, 30:1609-1615.
54. Poulin R, Morand S. Geographical distances and the similarity among parasite communities of conspecific host populations. Parasitology 1999, 119:369-374.
55. Poulin R, Morand S. Parasite biodiversity 2004, Smithsonian Books
56. Quentin J C. Nematodes parasites of rongeurs du Congo. Parc Nat l'Upemba Mission G.F. de Witte 1965, 69:6-91.
57. Schradin C. When to live alone and when to live in groups: ecological determinants of sociality in the African striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio, Sparrman, 1784). Belg. J. Zool. 2005, 135:77-82.
58. Schwensow N. Neutral versus adaptive genetic variation in parasite resistance: importance of MHC-supertypes in a free-ranging primate. Heredity 2007, 99:265-277.
59. Sloss M W. Veterinary clinical parasitology 1994, (6th ed.), Iowa State, Univ. Press
60. Shenbrot G, Krasnow B. Rodents in desert environment: Is density dynamics really correlated with annual rainfall fluctuations? 2001, Prakash I, (ed.),, Festschrift for Professor J. L. Cloudsley-Tompson. Sci. Publ., Jodhpur, India
61. Shepherd A J. Experimental plague infection in South African wild rodents. J. Hyg. (Lond). 1986, 96:171-183.
62. Stear M J. How hosts control worms. Nature 1997, 389:27.
63. Sutherst R W. The vulnerability of animal and human health to parasites under global change. Int. J. Parasitol. 2001, 31:933-948.
64. Taffs L F. Pinworm infections in laboratory rodents: a review. Lab. Anim. 1976, 10:1-13.
65. Vassiliadès G. Helminthes parasites d'Oiseaux du Sénégal. Bul. Inst. Fond. Afr. 1980, 42:122-134.
66. Wanas M Q A. Studies on the nematode parasites from Egyptian rodents. 1. Spirurid nematodes. J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol. 1993, 23:851-864.
67. Weltzin J F. Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. Bioscience 2003, 53:941-952.
68. Yamaguti S. Systema Helminthum, Vol. III. The nematodes of vertebrates 1961, Interscience Publishers Inc. New York