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Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in common voles ( Microtus arvalis) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.

Abstract：

:The prevalence and abundance of infections with haemoparasites were studied over a 4-year period in Microtus arvalis (common vole, n =321) sampled from fallow grassland sites in north-eastern Poland. Total species richness was five (prevalence= Haemobartonella sp. 63.9%, Bartonella spp. 27.7%, Babesia microti 9.0%, Trypanosoma sp. 8.4% and and Hepatozoon lavieri 3.1%) with 76.9% of the voles carrying at least one species and a mean infracommunity species richness of 1.1. Variation in species richness was determined primarily by season and year, the interaction of these factors, and that of year with host age. The observed frequency distribution of infracommunity species richness did not differ from that predicted by a null model, suggesting that there were no marked associations between the species. Analyses of prevalence and abundance of infection with each species in turn, revealed that overall the principal causes of variation were temporal and seasonal, their interaction, and interactions with intrinsic factors (age and sex), the latter playing only a minor role in their own right. However, the relative importance of these combinations varied and was distinct for each of the species in the study. Prevalence data revealed eight sets of two- and three-way associations between species, mostly dependent to some extent on one of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors in the model. Analysis of quantitative associations suggested two sets of positive two-way interactions, none of which remained after controlling for the effect of extrinsic and intrinsic factors on the abundance of each species. These data are discussed in the context of the changing ecological profiles in this region of Eastern Europe and, in a wider context, in relation to current understanding of the factors that shape component community structures of haemoparasites in wild rodents.

journal_name

Parasitol Res

journal_title

Parasitology research

authors

Pawelczyk A,Bajer A,Behnke JM,Gilbert FS,Sinski E

doi

10.1007/s00436-003-1040-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-03-01 00:00:00

pages

270-84

issue

eissn

0932-0113

issn

1432-1955

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Factors affecting the component community structure of haemoparasites in common voles ( Microtus arvalis) from the Mazury Lake District region of Poland.