Differences in host species relationships and biogeographic influences produce contrasting patterns of prevalence, community composition and genetic structure in two genera of avian malaria parasites in southern Melanesia

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 985-998

  Olsson Pons, Sophie ^a   Clark, Nicholas J ^a,b   Ishtiaq, Farah ^c   Clegg, Sonya M ^a,d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemoproteus; Plasmodium; Archipelago; Host specificity; Island biogeography; Local co adaptation

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; PARASITE; RANGE EXPANSION;

MELANESIA;

AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS;

CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL; BIRD; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MALARIA, AVIAN; MELANESIA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYTOCHROMES B; GENETIC VARIATION; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ISLANDS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MELANESIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84932194304     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12354     Document Type: Article

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