Establishment of exotic parasites: the origins and characteristics of an avian malaria community in an isolated island avifauna
(2012) In Ecology Letters 15(10). p.1112-1119- Abstract
- Knowledge of the processes favouring the establishment of exotic parasites is poor. Herein, we test the characteristics of successful exotic parasites that have co-established in the remote island archipelago of New Zealand, due to the introduction of numerous avian host species. Our results show that avian malaria parasites (AM; parasites of the genus Plasmodium) that successfully invaded are more globally generalist (both geographically widespread and with a broad taxonomic range of hosts) than AM parasites not co-introduced to New Zealand. Furthermore, the successful AM parasites are presently more prevalent in their native range than AM parasites found in the same native range but not co-introduced to New Zealand. This has resulted in... (More)
- Knowledge of the processes favouring the establishment of exotic parasites is poor. Herein, we test the characteristics of successful exotic parasites that have co-established in the remote island archipelago of New Zealand, due to the introduction of numerous avian host species. Our results show that avian malaria parasites (AM; parasites of the genus Plasmodium) that successfully invaded are more globally generalist (both geographically widespread and with a broad taxonomic range of hosts) than AM parasites not co-introduced to New Zealand. Furthermore, the successful AM parasites are presently more prevalent in their native range than AM parasites found in the same native range but not co-introduced to New Zealand. This has resulted in an increased number and greater taxonomic diversity of AM parasites now in New Zealand. (Less)
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- Ewen, John G. ; Bensch, Staffan LU ; Blackburn, Tim M. ; Bonneaud, Camille ; Brown, Ruth ; Cassey, Phillip ; Clarke, Rohan H. and Perez-Tris, Javier
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- publishing date
- 2012
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Avian malaria, introduced birds, introduction success, invasive, parasites, New Zealand
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- Ecology Letters
- volume
- 15
- issue
- 10
- pages
- 1112 - 1119
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
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- wos:000308402300005
- scopus:84931749012
- pmid:22788956
- ISSN
- 1461-023X
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01833.x
- project
- Malaria in birds
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 80d8fa05-fec2-46b4-ad01-dcc9624b50f2 (old id 3189824)
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