NDLI: Repeatability of Feather Mite Prevalence and Intensity in Passerine Birds

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Author	Javier, Diaz-real Serrano, David Javier, Pérez-tris Fernández-gonzález, Sofía Bermejo, Ana Calleja, Juan A. Puente, Javier De La Palacio, Diana De Martínez, José L. Moreno-opo, Rubén Ponce, Carlos Frías, Óscar Tella, José L. Møller, Anders P. Figuerola, Jordi Pap, Péter L. Kovács, István Vágási, Csongor I. Meléndez, Leandro Blanco, Guillermo Aguilera, Eduardo Senar, Juan Carlos Galván, Ismael Francisco, Atiénzar Barba, Emilio Cantó, José L. Cortés, Verónica Monrós, Juan S. Piculo, Rubén Matthias, Vögeli Antoni, Borràs Navarro, Carlos Mestre, Alexandre Jovani, Roger
Editor	Csaba, Moskát
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Understanding why host species differ so much in symbiont loads and how this depends on ecological host and symbiont traits is a major issue in the ecology of symbiosis. A first step in this inquiry is to know whether observed differences among host species are species-specific traits or more related with host-symbiont environmental conditions. Here we analysed the repeatability (R) of the intensity and the prevalence of feather mites to partition within- and among-host species variance components. We compiled the largest dataset so far available: 119 Paleartic passerine bird species, 75,944 individual birds, ca. 1.8 million mites, seven countries, 23 study years. Several analyses and approaches were made to estimate R and adjusted repeatability (Radj) after controlling for potential confounding factors (breeding period, weather, habitat, spatial autocorrelation and researcher identity). The prevalence of feather mites was moderately repeatable (R = 0.26–0.53; Radj = 0.32–0.57); smaller values were found for intensity (R = 0.19–0.30; Radj = 0.18–0.30). These moderate repeatabilities show that prevalence and intensity of feather mites differ among species, but also that the high variation within species leads to considerable overlap among bird species. Differences in the prevalence and intensity of feather mites within bird species were small among habitats, suggesting that local factors are playing a secondary role. However, effects of local climatic conditions were partially observed for intensity.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107341
Starting Page	107341
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19326203
e-ISSN	19326203
Journal	PLoS ONE
Issue Number	9
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	Public Library of Science
Publisher Date	2014-09-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Public Library of Science
Subject Keyword	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) Medicine(all) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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