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Temporal changes in intensity of bird parasite infections are dependent on latitude in the Western Palearctic
Tekijät: Møller, Anders Pape; Merino, Santiago; Soler, Juan José; Adriaensen, Frank; Cantarero, Alejandro; Eeva, Tapio; Figuerola, Jordi; García-del, Río Marina; Garrido-Bautista, Jorge; Heylen, Dieter; Marzal, Alfonso; Matthysen, Erik; Matyjasiak, Piotr; Norte, Ana Claudia; Ruiz-Rodríguez, Magdalena; Svobodová, Milena; Szöllősi, Eszter; Török, Janos; Valera, Francisco; Veiga, Jesús; Ziane, Nadia
Toimittaja: Aouissi Hani Amir
Julkaisuvuosi: 2026
Lehti: PLoS ONE
Artikkelin numero: e0346587
Vuosikerta: 21
Numero: 4
eISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346587
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Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346587
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/522992667
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In this study we compare the intensity and prevalence of parasites and reproductive parameters across 14 bird populations sampled in two different seasons separated by approximately 10 years apart, in the Western Palearctic, to test for climate-parasite associations. Overall, 9 different bird species and 62 different host-parasite interactions were studied. We found non-significant trends between the two sampling years in terms of reduced clutch and brood size. However, we observed a decrease in population size between the sampling years, while differences in laying date were negatively related to temperature change between the years. Feather parasites and non-dipteran parasites tended to decrease in both prevalence and intensity, while dipteran parasites showed a few changes with time between the two sampling periods. The prevalence of blood parasites showed a non-significant increase between the two years studied. Importantly, the magnitude and even the direction of the temporal changes in parasitism experienced by different host species across populations depended on latitude, with the northernmost populations showing the smallest decrease in parasite intensity. In addition, changes in temperature between the two study periods decreased with latitude. These results, therefore, point to a potential effect of climate change on the incidence of parasitic diseases, but with variable magnitude and direction across a latitudinal gradient in Europe.
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SM and AC are supported by project PID2023-149436NB-I00, and JJS and JF, respectively, by the projects PID2020-117429GB-C21 and PID2021-123761OB-I00, funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación/Agencia Estatal de Investigación/10.13039/501100011033 and by “Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, a way of making Europe”. TE was supported by the Research Council of Finland (SA338180). EM and DH were supported by FWO grant G052422N. JGB was supported by an AUIP Mobility Grant, by a FPU Pre-doctoral contract (FPU18/03034) from the Spanish Ministry of Education and by a research project of the National Plan of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CGL2017-84938-P). AM was funded by line of action LA4 (R+D+I program in the Biodiversity Area financed with the funds of the FEDER Extremadura 2021-2027 Operational Program of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan) and by the project PID2022-140397NB-100 by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. PM was supported by the National Science Centre (DEC-2013/09/B/NZ8/03321) and the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (DEC-INB-17/21). FV received financial support from the project PGC2018-097426-B-C22 (Spanish Ministry of Universities, Spanish State Research Agency, FEDER Program, European Union). JV receive financial support from Juan de la Cierva program (Ref. FJC2021–048057-I), funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR. ES was supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (FK127917), and the János Bolyai research scholarship (BO/163/22) and the New National Excellence Program grant from the Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities (ÚNKP-23-5-ELTE-1244). ZN received financial support from the project “PRFU: D00L02UN23012022000, DGRSTD” and the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Algeria (MESRS).The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
