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Richness, origin and structure of an Eimeria community in a population of Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) introduced into Italy

SYSNO ASEP	0347451
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Richness, origin and structure of an Eimeria community in a population of Eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) introduced into Italy
Author(s)	Bertolino, S. (IT) Hofmannová, L. (CZ) Girardello, M. (GB) Modrý, David (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Source Title	Parasitology. - : Cambridge University Press - ISSN 0031-1820 Roč. 137, č. 8 (2010), s. 1179-1186
Number of pages	8 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	coccidia ; community ecology ; co-occurrence ; host-parasite relationships ; introduced parasites ; introduced host
Subject RIV	GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
CEZ	AV0Z60220518 - PAU-O, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000280159000003
DOI	10.1017/S0031182009992095
Annotation	Nearly all cottontails were infected with at least I Eimeria species, with bimonthly prevalence ranging from 0-6-3% (E. leporis) to 42-9-89.3% (E. environ). Bavesian model averaging and multivariate techniques were used to investigate the relationships between the occurrence of each parasite and the structure of the relative community. Among the host parameters, only sex was found to be associated with the prevalence of E. honessi, while the rest of the parameters were only weakly correlated with prevalence and species richness. This indicates that individual phenotypic host characteristics are probably less important than environmental factors in determining levels of parasite prevalence and diversity. The community of Eimeria species was probably structured by competition, with less species co-occurrence than expected under a null hypothesis. This was made evident by the low co-occurrence of E. cm-iron and PS. neoirresidua with E. poudrei, E. honessi, and E. major.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2011

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