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Helminth species diversity of mammals: parasite species richness is a host species attribute

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2008

F. BORDES  and
S. MORAND
F. BORDES
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de l'évolution, CNRS-UM2, CCO65, Université de Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France
S. MORAND*
Affiliation:
Institut des Sciences de l'évolution, CNRS-UM2, CCO65, Université de Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France UR22 Gestion Faune Sauvage CIRAD, Campus International de Baillatguet, 34398 Montpellier, France
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*Corresponding author: Institut des Sciences de l'évolution, CNRS-UM2, CCO65, Université de Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France. E-mail: morand@isem.univ-montp2.fr
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Summary

Studies investigating parasite diversity have shown substantial geographical variation in parasite species richness. Most of these studies have, however, adopted a local scale approach, which may have masked more general patterns. Recent studies have shown that ectoparasite species richness in mammals seems highly repeatable among populations of the same mammal host species at a regional scale. In light of these new studies we have reinvestigated the case of parasitic helminths by using a large data set of parasites from mammal populations in 3 continents. We collected homogeneous data and demonstrated that helminth species richness is highly repeatable in mammals at a regional scale. Our results highlight the strong influence of host identity in parasite species richness and call for future research linking helminth species found in a given host to its ecology, immune defences and potential energetic trade-offs.

Keywords

parasite species richnesshelminthsrepeatability
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 135 , Issue 14 , December 2008 , pp. 1701 - 1705
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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