Migratory behaviour does not alter cophylogenetic congruence between avian hosts and their haemosporidian parasites.

ABSTRACT: Parasites display various degrees of host specificity, reflecting different coevolutionary histories with their hosts. Avian hosts follow multiple migration patterns representing short but also long distances. As parasites infecting migratory birds are subjected to multiple environmental and biotic changes through their flyways, migration may disrupt or strengthen cophylogenetic congruence between hosts and parasites. On the one hand, parasites might adapt to a single migratory host, evolving to cope with the specific challenges associated with the multiple habitats occupied by the host. On the other, as migrants can introduce parasites into new habitats, higher rates of host switching could also disrupt cophylogenetic patterns. We analysed whether migratory behaviour shapes avian haemospo

SUBMITTER: de Angeli Dutra D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10090587 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature