Host phylogeography and beta diversity in avian haemosporidian (Plasmodiidae) assemblages of the Lesser Antilles

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 938-946

  Svensson Coelho, Maria ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Beta diversity; Biogeography; Community structure; Distance decay; Parasite assemblages

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIVERGENCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MALARIA; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PROTOZOAN; SONGBIRD; TURNOVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; WEST INDIES;

LESSER ANTILLES;

AVES; COEREBA FLAVEOLA; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LOXIGILLA; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); TIARIS BICOLOR;

EID: 79960841703     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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