Can infection by eugregarine parasites mediate species coexistence in Calopteryx damselflies?



: Ilvonen S, Ilvonen JJ, Kaunisto KM, Krams I, Suhonen J

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

: 2011

: Ecological Entomology

: ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

: ECOL ENTOMOL

: 5

: 36

: 5

: 582

: 587

: 6

: 0307-6946

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01307.x


4. According to our results, co-existence of the host species affects the likelihood of the subordinate species showing higher levels of parasitism. Interspecific aggression, lower species genetic heterozygosity, and the difference in host species immunity are proposed as possible explanations for greater parasite burdens in the inferior species at sympatric sites.



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