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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Co-occurrence of ectoparasites on rodent hosts: Null model analyses of data from three continents
Oikos, Volume 119, No. 1, Year 2010
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We studied patterns of species co-occurrence in communities of ectoparasitic arthropods (ixodid ticks, mesostigmate mites and fleas) harboured by rodent hosts from South Africa (Rhabdomys pumilio), South America (Scapteromys aquaticus and Oxymycterus rufus) and west Siberia (Apodemus agrarius, Microtus gregalis, Microtus oeconomus and Myodes rutilus) using null models. We compared frequencies of co-occurrences of parasite species or higher taxa across host individuals with those expected by chance. When non-randomness of parasite co-occurrences was detected, positive but not negative co-occurrences of parasite species or higher taxa prevailed (except for a single sample of mesostigmate mites from O. rufus). Frequency of detection of non-randomness of parasite co-occurrences differed among parasite taxa, being higher in fleas and lower in mites and ticks. This frequency differed also among host species independent of parasite taxon, being highest in Microtus species and lowest in O. rufus and S. aquaticus. We concluded that the pattern of species co-occurrence in ectoparasite communities on rodent hosts is predominantly positive, depends on life history of parasites and may be affected to a great extent by life history of a host. © 2009 Oikos.
Authors & Co-Authors
Krasnov, Boris R.
Israel, Beer-sheva
Ben-gurion University of the Negev
Matthee, Sonja
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Lareschi, Marcela
Argentina, La Plata
Universidad Nacional de la Plata
Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P.
Russian Federation, Omsk
Omsk Research Institute of Natural Foci Infections
Vinarski, Maxim V.
Russian Federation, Omsk
Omsk State Pedagogical University
Statistics
Citations: 57
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17902.x
ISSN:
00301299
e-ISSN:
16000706
Study Locations
South Africa