干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Nest box location determines the exposure of the host to ectoparasites

Arid

DOI	10.5751/ACE-01657-150211
	Nest box location determines the exposure of the host to ectoparasites
	Veiga, Jesus; Valera, Francisco
通讯作者	Veiga, J (corresponding author), Estn Expt Zonas Aridas, Ctra Sacramento S-N, E-04120 Almeria, Spain.
来源期刊	AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY
ISSN	1712-6568
出版年	2020
卷号	15 期号:2
英文摘要	Nest box supplementation is a widely used technique to aid in the conservation of cavity nesting bird species. However, the criteria to choose the best location for nest boxes has seldom considered the likely exposure of cavity-users to parasites. Birds host an impressive diversity of ectoparasites that may have detrimental effects on their fitness. Here we focus on the ectoparasite infracommunity of a secondary cavity nesting bird species, the European Roller (Coracias garrulus), breeding in nest boxes in a semiarid environment. During three breeding seasons, we examined the composition and abundance of parasites at the nest level and explored their spatial structure and the effect of nest-site type, breeding phenology, and host number (brood mass) on the variability of the infracommunity. Nest location (nest boxes on trees vs nests on cliffs and human constructions) contributed the most to explain differences in prevalence and abundance of the various ectoparasite species during the three years. Host breeding phenology consistently affected the abundance of the most prevalent and abundant ectoparasite (Carnus hemapterus) and also the abundance of biting midges and blackflies, but only during some years. Host brood mass had no significant influence on any ectoparasite. Neither the occurrence nor the abundance of the infracommunity of parasites had a significant spatial structure. This study, performed at the host population scale, reveals that the socioenvironmental characteristics resulting from the selection of nest-site microhabitat explain most of the variation of the ectoparasite infracommunity. Accordingly, nest boxes for vulnerable species should be placed with solid knowledge of the effect of such features.
英文关键词	arid areas Carnus hemapterus conservation Coracias garrulus ectoparasite infracommunity nest box nest-site
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000604981300011
WOS关键词	MITE POPULATION-GROWTH ; TICK ARGAS-REFLEXUS ; BLOOD PARASITES ; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ; CARNUS-HEMAPTERUS ; FALCO-PEREGRINUS ; ECOLOGY ; CONSERVATION ; DIVERSITY ; ABUNDANCE
WOS类目	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Ornithology
WOS研究方向	Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/348747
作者单位	[Veiga, Jesus; Valera, Francisco] CSIC, Estn Expt Zonas Aridas EEZA, Dept Ecol Func & Evolut, Almeria, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Veiga, Jesus,Valera, Francisco. Nest box location determines the exposure of the host to ectoparasites[J],2020,15(2).
APA	Veiga, Jesus,&Valera, Francisco.(2020).Nest box location determines the exposure of the host to ectoparasites.AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY,15(2).
MLA	Veiga, Jesus,et al."Nest box location determines the exposure of the host to ectoparasites".AVIAN CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY 15.2(2020).