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Clashing in Murky Waters: On Amphibian Mosquito Suppression
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.This study compares the predator efficiency of common European amphibian species to common invertebrate mosquito predators. Focusing on the cosmopolitan mosquito Culex pipiens, known for transmitting pathogens like West Nile virus, we assessed predator rates, sex‐specific efficiency in amphibians, and the impact of predator presence on mosquito ...
S. P. Boerlijst +7 more
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Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2014 Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) routinely migrate from their breeding colonies to Southern Brazil often contracting diseases during this migration, notably avian malaria, which has been already reported in Brazil and throughout the world ...
Sabrina D.E. Campos +7 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.We investigated how Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) affects multi‐host amphibian communities in Tasmania, Australia. Despite differential susceptibility, we found no evidence of population declines in susceptible species, suggesting that current environmental conditions may buffer communities against Bd impacts.
Elise Ringwaldt +3 more
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ParasitologiaTwo related P-type ATPases, designated as ATPase1 and ATPase3, were identified in Plasmodium falciparum. These two ATPases exhibit very similar gene and protein structures and are most similar to P5B-ATPases.
Mark F. Wiser
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Oxidative costs of migration: infections as an added burden
Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 2, March 2026.There is increasing evidence that over‐production of reactive species (RS) constitutes a significant physiological cost for migrating birds. The current view entails that RS during migration originate primarily from increased metabolic activity associated with prolonged flights and refueling.
Michael Tobler +5 more
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Prevalence of avian haemosporidia among injured wild birds in Tokyo and environs, Japan
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 Avian haemosporidia have been reported in various birds of Japan, which is part of the East Asian-Australian flyway and is an important stopover site for migratory birds potentially carrying new pathogens from other areas.
Mizue Inumaru +2 more
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Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Peruvian frogs underwent a climate‐driven range expansion into deglaciating mountains, exposing themselves and their fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) to challenging new thermal environments. Bd has dispersed extensively in these new habitats, and elevation may mediate the apparent sublethal impacts of infection for frogs.
Emma Steigerwald +6 more
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Evolution of Plastic Transmission Strategies in Avian Malaria
PLoS Pathogens, 2014 Malaria parasites have been shown to adjust their life history traits to changing environmental conditions. Parasite relapses and recrudescences--marked increases in blood parasite numbers following a period when the parasite was either absent or present at very low levels in the blood, respectively--are expected to be part of such adaptive plastic ...
Cornet, Stéphane +3 more
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, 2008 Exotic pathogens have been implicated in the decline and extinction of various native-island-bird species. Despite the fact that there is increasing concern about the introduction of diseases in island ecosystems, little is known about parasites in the ...
Illera, Juan Carlos +2 more
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Do avian blood parasites influence hypoxia physiology in a high elevation environment?
BMC Ecology, 2018 Background Montane birds which engage in elevational movements have evolved to cope with fluctuations in environmental hypoxia, through changes in physiological parameters associated with blood oxygen-carrying capacity such as haemoglobin concentration ...
Farah Ishtiaq, Sahas Barve
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