The role of ecology in the geographical separation of blood parasites infecting an insular bird

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1313-1323

  Cornuault, Josselin ^a   Khimoun, Aurélie ^a   Harrigan, Ryan J ^b   Bourgeois, Yann X C ^a   Milá, Borja ^c   Thébaud, Christophe ^a   Heeb, Philipp ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Haemosporida; Indian Ocean; Jackknife procedure; Leucocytozoon; Niche divergence; Niche modelling; Parasite distribution; Spatial separation; Zosterops

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BLOOD; DISEASE VECTOR; DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEMOPARASITE; ISOLATED POPULATION; NICHE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PROTOZOAN; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

AVES; DIPTERA; HAEMOSPORIDA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; ZOSTEROPS;

EID: 84880069116     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12098     Document Type: Article

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