Parasites in space and time: a case study of haemosporidian spatiotemporal prevalence in urban birds

[Display omitted] •Spatiotemporal analysis of prevalence of avian assemblage in urban greenspace.•Prevalence decreases as distance to water sources increases, for some bird species.•Higher Leucocytozoon prevalence in the unvisited section of the forest.•Infection responses to biotic and abiotic fact...

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Published in:	International journal for parasitology Vol. 49; no. 3-4; pp. 235 - 246
Main Authors:	Santiago-Alarcon, Diego, MacGregor-Fors, Ian, Falfán, Ina, Lüdtke, Bruntje, Segelbacher, Gernot, Schaefer, H. Martin, Renner, S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2019
Subjects:	Animals autocorrelation Avian communities Bird Diseases - epidemiology Bird Diseases - parasitology Birds body condition case studies Cities - epidemiology Cyanistes caeruleus cytochrome b DNA forests genes Germany Germany - epidemiology green infrastructure Haemoproteus Haemosporida Haemosporida - classification Haemosporida - isolation & purification hosts humans Landscape epidemiology Leucocytozoon microscopy mitochondria parasites Parus major Plasmodium polymerase chain reaction Prevalence protocols Protozoan Infections - epidemiology Protozoan Infections - parasitology spatial variation Spatio-Temporal Analysis Sylvia atricapilla temporal variation Turdus merula understory Urban ecology Urban parasitology Germany Cities Urban parasitology Haemosporida Urban ecology Landscape epidemiology Avian communities
ISSN:	0020-7519, 1879-0135, 1879-0135
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