@misc{10481/80600,
year = {2023},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/80600},
abstract = {Aim

The increasing spread of vector-borne diseases has resulted in severe health concerns for humans, domestic animals and wildlife, with changes in land use and the introduction of invasive species being among the main possible causes for this increase. We explored several ecological drivers potentially affecting the local prevalence and richness of avian malaria parasite lineages in native and introduced house sparrows (Passer domesticus) populations.

Location

Global.

Time period

2002–2019.

Major taxa studied

Avian Plasmodium parasites in house sparrows.

Methods

We analysed data from 2,220 samples from 69 localities across all continents, except Antarctica. The influence of environment (urbanization index and human density), geography (altitude, latitude, hemisphere) and time (bird breeding season and years since introduction) were analysed using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs) and random forests.

Results

Overall, 670 sparrows (30.2%) were infected with 22 Plasmodium lineages. In native populations, parasite prevalence was positively related to urbanization index, with the highest prevalence values in areas with intermediate urbanization levels. Likewise, in introduced populations, prevalence was positively associated with urbanization index; however, higher infection occurred in areas with either extreme high or low levels of urbanization. In introduced populations, the number of parasite lineages increased with altitude and with the years elapsed since the establishment of sparrows in a new locality. Here, after a decline in the number of parasite lineages in the first 30 years, an increase from 40 years onwards was detected.

Main conclusions

Urbanization was related to parasite prevalence in both native and introduced bird populations. In invaded areas, altitude and time since bird introduction were related to the number of Plasmodium lineages found to be infecting sparrows.},
organization = {Consejería de Economía, Innovación,
Ciencia y Empleo, Junta de Andalucía,
Grant/Award Number: P11-RNM-7038},
organization = {Fundación BBVA, Grant/Award Number:
PR(19_ECO_0070},
organization = {Junta de Extremadura,
Grant/Award Number: IB20089 and
PO17024},
organization = {Marie Sklodowska- Curie
Actions, Grant/Award Number: 844285},
organization = {Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y
Universidades, Grant/Award Number:
FJCI-2017-34109 and FJCI-2017-34394},
organization = {Proyectos I+D+i of Junta de Andalucía
2021, Grant/Award Number:
ProyExcel_00049},
organization = {Universidad de Castilla-
La Mancha},
title = {Environmental, geographical and time-related impacts on avian malaria infections in native and introduced populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus), a globally invasive species},
doi = {10.1111/geb.13651},
author = {Ferraguti, Martina and Magallanes, Sergio and Jiménez-Peñuela, Jéssica and Martínez-de la Puente, Josué and Garcia-Longoria, Luz and Figuerola, Jordi and Muriel, Jaime and Albayrak, Tamer and Bensch, Staffan and Bonneaud, Camille and Clarke, Rohan H. and Czirják, Gábor Á. and Dimitrov, Dimitar and Espinoza, Kathya and Ewen, John G. and Ishtiaq, Farah and Flores-Saavedra, Wendy and Garamszegi, László Zsolt and Hellgren, Olof and Horakova, Dita and Huyvaert, Kathryn P. and Jensen, Henrik and Križanauskienė, Asta and Lima, Marcos R. and Lujan-Vega, Charlene and Magnussen, Eyðfinn and Martin, Lynn B. and Matson, Kevin D. and Møller, Anders Pape and Munclinger, Pavel and Palinauskas, Vaidas and Pap, Péter L. and Pérez-Tris, Javier and Renner, Swen C. and Ricklefs, Robert and Scebba, Sergio and Sehgal, Ravinder N. M. and Soler Cruz, Manuel and Szöllősi, Eszter and Valkiūnas, Gediminas and Westerdahl, Helena and Zehtindjiev, Pavel and Marzal, Alfonso},
}