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Geographical variation in host use of a blood-feeding ectoparasitic fly: implications for population invasiveness.

Abstract：

:Invasive generalist ectoparasites provide a tool to study factors affecting expansion rates. An increase in the number of host species may facilitate geographic range expansion by increasing the number of suitable habitats and by affecting local extinction and colonization rates. A geographic perspective on parasite host specificity and its implications on range expansion are, however, insufficiently understood. We conducted a field study to explore if divergent host specificity could explain the observed variation in expansion rates between Fennoscandian populations of the deer ked (Lipoptena cervi), which is a blood-feeding ectoparasitic fly of cervids. We found that the rapidly expanding eastern population in Finland appears to specialize on moose, whereas the slowly expanding western population in Norway breeds successfully on both moose and roe deer. The eastern population was also found to utilize the wild forest reindeer as an auxiliary host, but this species is apparently of low value for L. cervi in terms of adult maintenance, reproductive output and offspring quality. Abundant numbers of roe deer and white-tailed deer were observed to be apparently uninfected in Finland, suggesting that host use is not a plastic response to host availability, but rather a consequence of population-level evolutionary changes. Locally compatible hosts were found to be the ones sharing a long history with the deer ked in the area. Cervids that sustained adult deer keds also allowed successful reproduction. Thus, host use is probably determined by the ability of the adult to exploit particular host species. We conclude that a wide host range alone does not account for the high expansion rate or wide geographic distribution of the deer ked, although loose ecological requirements would increase habitat availability.

journal_name

Oecologia

journal_title

Oecologia

authors

Välimäki P,Kaitala A,Madslien K,Härkönen L,Várkonyi G,Heikkilä J,Jaakola M,Ylönen H,Kortet R,Ytrehus B

doi

10.1007/s00442-011-1951-y

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-08-01 00:00:00

pages

985-95

issue

eissn

0029-8549

issn

1432-1939

journal_volume

166

pub_type

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Geographical variation in host use of a blood-feeding ectoparasitic fly: implications for population invasiveness.