Spatially different annual cycles but similar haemosporidian infections in distant populations of collared sand martins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Populations of long-distance migratory birds experience different environments and are consequently exposed to different parasites throughout their annual cycles. Though, specific whereabouts and accompanied host-parasite interactions remain unknown for most migratory passerines. Collared sand martins (Riparia riparia) breeding in the western Palaearctic spend the nonbreeding period in Africa, but it is not yet clear whether specific populations differ in overwintering locations and whether these also result in varying infections with vector-transmitted endoparasites.

Results

Geolocator tracking revealed that collared sand martins from northern-central and central-eastern Europe migrate to distant nonbreeding sites in West Africa and the Lake Chad basin in central

SUBMITTER: Hahn S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10127412 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature