Migratory animals can bring parasites into resident animal (ie, non-migratory) home ranges
(transport effects) and exert trophic effects that either promote or reduce parasite exposure to …

Why do some regions share more or fewer species than others? Community assembly relies
on the ability of individuals to disperse, colonize and thrive in new regions. Therefore, many …

Avian blood parasites, from the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon,
are predicted to alter their range and prevalence as global temperatures change, and host …

Avian haemosporidians are protozoan parasites transmitted by insect vectors that infect
birds worldwide, negatively impacting avian fitness and survival. However, the majority of …

Migratory birds are implicated in dispersing haemosporidian parasites over great
geographic distances. However, their role in sharing these vector-transmitted blood …

Parasites display various degrees of host specificity, reflecting different coevolutionary
histories with their hosts. Avian hosts follow multiple migration patterns representing short …

Introduction Parasites play important roles in ecosystems. Through their interactions with
host and vector species, they are capable of changing the behavior and population …

Haemosporidian blood parasites are widely used in evolutionary ecological research when
exploring the effects of parasites on different life-history traits of their bird hosts. However …

Aim Despite the wide distribution of many parasites around the globe, the range of individual
species varies significantly, even among phylogenetically related taxa. Given that parasites …

During their journeys, migratory birds encounter a wider range of parasites than residents,
transporting them over vast distances. While some parasites are widely distributed …