Repeatability of Feather Mite Prevalence and Intensity in Passerine Birds
Diaz-Real, Javier (Universidade de Vigo. Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal)
Serrano, David 1966- (Estación Biológica de Doñana)
Pérez-Tris, Javier (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Monticola)
Fernández-González, Sofía (Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física)
Bermejo, Ana (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Monticola)
Calleja, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
De la Puente, Javier (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Monticola)
De Palacio, Diana (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Monticola)
Martínez, José L. (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Monticola)
Moreno-Opo, Rubén (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Grupo Ornitológico SEO-Monticola)
Ponce, Carlos (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Department of Evolutionary Ecology)
Frías, Óscar (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Department of Evolutionary Ecology)
Tella, José L. (Estación Biológica de Doñana)
Møller, Anders P. (Université Paris-Sud. Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution)
Figuerola, Jordi (Estación Biológica de Doñana)
Pap, Péter L. (University of Debrecen. Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology)
Kovács, István (Bird and Nature Protection Association)
Vágási, Csongor I. (Babeş-Bolyai University Hungarian Department of Biology and Ecology)
Meléndez, Leandro (Universidad de Oviedo. Instituto Cantábrico de Biodiversidad)
Blanco, Guillermo (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. Department of Evolutionary Ecology)
Aguilera, Eduardo (Estación Biológica de Doñana)
Senar, J. C (Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona)
Galván, Ismael (Estación Biológica de Doñana)
Atiénzar, Francisco (University of Valencia. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology)
Barba, Emilio (University of Valencia. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology)
Cantó, José L. (Parque Natural del Carrascal de la Font Roja)
Cortés, Verónica (University of Valencia. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology)
Monrós, Juan S. (University of Valencia. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology)
Piculo, Rubén (University of Valencia. Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology)
Vögeli, Matthias (Federal Office for the Environment FOEN)
Borras, Antoni (Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona)
Navarro, Carlos (Profesor Gonzalo Sanchez Vazquez)
Mestre, Alexandre (University of Valencia. Department of Microbiology and Ecology)
Jovani, Roger (Estación Biológica de Doñana)

Data:	2014
Resum:	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 (R) 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; R = 0. 32-0. 57); smaller values were found for intensity (R = 0. 19-0. 30; R = 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.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación RYC-2009-03967 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2012-38262 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CGL2010-15734/BOS Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CGL2009-11445 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CGL2011-24466
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	PloS one, Vol. 9, Issue 9 (September 2014) , art. e107341, ISSN 1932-6203

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107341
PMID: 25216248

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