@article{fdi:010072748,
  title = {{E}cological determinants of avian malaria infections : an integrative analysis at landscape, mosquito and vertebrate community levels},
  author = {{F}erraguti, {M}. and {M}artinez-de la {P}uente, {J}. and {B}ensch, {S}. and {R}oiz, {D}avid and {R}uiz, {S}. and {V}iana, {D}. {S}. and {S}origuer, {R}. {C}. and {F}iguerola, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {1. {V}ector and host communities, as well as habitat characteristics, may have important but different impacts on the prevalence, richness and evenness of vector-borne parasites. 2. {W}e investigated the relative importance of (1) the mosquito community composition, (2) the vertebrate community composition and (3) landscape characteristics on the prevalence, richness and evenness of avian {P}lasmodium. {W}e hypothesized that parasite prevalence will be more affected by vector-related parameters, while host parameters should be also important to explain {P}lasmodium richness and evenness. 3. {W}e sampled 2,588 wild house sparrows ({P}asser domesticus) and 340,829 mosquitoes, and we performed vertebrate censuses at 45 localities in the {S}outhwest of {S}pain. {T}hese localities included urban, rural and natural landscapes that were characterized by several habitat variables. 4. {T}welve {P}lasmodium lineages were identified in house sparrows corresponding to three major clades. {V}ariation partitioning showed that landscape characteristics explained the highest fraction of variation in all response variables (21.0%-44.8%). {P}lasmodium prevalence was in addition explained by vector-related variables (5.4%) and its interaction with landscape (10.2%). {P}arasite richness and evenness were mostly explained by vertebrate community-related variables. 5. {T}he structuring role of landscape characteristics in vector and host communities was a key factor in determining parasite prevalence, richness and evenness, although the role of each factor differed according to the parasite parameters studied. {T}hese results show that the biotic and abiotic contexts are important to explain the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne pathogens in the wild.},
  keywords = {bird and mammal community ; environmental predictors ; mosquito community ; composition ; {NDVI} ; {P}lasmodium ; vector-borne disease ; water reservoir},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}nimal {E}cology},
  volume = {87},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {727--740},
  ISSN = {0021-8790},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1111/1365-2656.12805},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072748},
}