Co-infection with Leucocytozoon and Other Haemosporidian Parasites Increases with Latitude and Altitude in New World Bird Communities.
Co-infection
Disease macroecology
Elevational gradient
Host migration
Latitudinal diversity gradient
Parasite macroecology
Journal
Microbial ecology
ISSN: 1432-184X
Titre abrégé: Microb Ecol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7500663
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
07
06
2023
accepted:
31
07
2023
medline:
13
11
2023
pubmed:
23
8
2023
entrez:
22
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Establishing how environmental gradients and host ecology drive spatial variation in infection rates and diversity of pathogenic organisms is one of the central goals in disease ecology. Here, we identified the predictors of concomitant infection and lineage richness of blood parasites in New Word bird communities. Our multi-level Bayesian models revealed that higher latitudes and elevations played a determinant role in increasing the probability of a bird being co-infected with Leucocytozoon and other haemosporidian parasites. The heterogeneity in both single and co-infection rates was similarly driven by host attributes and temperature, with higher probabilities of infection in heavier migratory host species and at cooler localities. Latitude, elevation, host body mass, migratory behavior, and climate were also predictors of Leucocytozoon lineage richness across the New World avian communities, with decreasing parasite richness at higher elevations, rainy and warmer localities, and in heavier and resident host species. Increased parasite richness was found farther from the equator, confirming a reverse Latitudinal Diversity Gradient pattern for this parasite group. The increased rates of Leucocytozoon co-infection and lineage richness with increased latitude are in opposition with the pervasive assumption that pathogen infection rates and diversity are higher in tropical host communities.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37608162
doi: 10.1007/s00248-023-02283-x
pii: 10.1007/s00248-023-02283-x
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : National Science Foundation
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© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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