Unforeseen biogeographical patterns in a multiple parasite system in Macaronesia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1858-1870

  Illera, Juan Carlos ^a   Fernández Álvarez, Ángela ^b   Hernández Flores, Carmen N ^c   Foronda, Pilar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Sylvia conspicillata; Apicomplexa; Haemosporida; Host specificity; Island biogeography; Island evolution; Isospora; Macaronesia; Multiple parasite system; Parasite biogeography

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; COLONIZATION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOME; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PARASITE; PASSERINE; PATHOGEN; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TOPOLOGY;

CANARY ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE [MACARONESIA]; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; COCCIDIA; HAEMOSPORIDA; ISOSPORA; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOZOA; SYLVIA CONSPICILLATA;

EID: 84941178212     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12548     Document Type: Article

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