Parasite-associated mortality in birds: the roles of specialist parasites and host evolutionary distance

The factors that influence whether a parasite is likely to cause death in a given host species are not well known. Generalist parasites with high local abundances, broad distributions and the ability to infect a wide phylogenetic diversity of hosts are often considered especially dangerous for host...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biology letters (2005) 2022-04, Vol.18 (4), p.20210575-20210575
Hauptverfasser:	Galen, Spencer C, Ray, Suravi, Henry, Marissa, Weckstein, Jason D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Bird Diseases - parasitology Birds - parasitology Haemosporida Host Specificity Host-Parasite Interactions Parasites Pathogen Biology Phylogeny Plasmodium
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