Evolution of parasite island syndromes without long-term host population isolation: Parasite dynamics in Macaronesian blackcaps Sylvia atricapilla

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1272-1281

  Pérez Rodríguez, Antón ^a   Ramírez, Álvaro ^a   Richardson, David S ^b   Pérez Tris, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian haemosporidians; Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla; Canary Islands; Host specificity; Island colonization; Island syndromes; Madeira; Parasite biogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; DNA; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MIGRATION; PARASITE; PASSERINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CANARY ISLANDS; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOSPORIDA; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 84887408946     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12084     Document Type: Article

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