Prevalence and beta diversity in avian malaria communities: Host species is a better predictor than geography

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1387-1397

  Scordato, Elizabeth S C ^a,b   Kardish, Melissa R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c The University of Chicago   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian malaria; Beta diversity; Phylloscopus humei; Phylloscopus trochiloides; Phylogenetic beta diversity

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHYLLOSCOPUS HUMEI; PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILOIDES;

CYTOCHROME B; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST RANGE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KYRGYZSTAN; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; CYTOCHROMES B; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST SPECIFICITY; INDIA; KYRGYZSTAN; MALARIA, AVIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIBERIA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84909972273     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12246     Document Type: Article

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