Helminths of sigmodontine rodents in an agroforestry mosaic in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Patterns and processes of the metacommunity structure

dc.creatorCosta, Natália Alves
dc.creatorCardoso, Thiago dos Santos
dc.creatorCosta Neto, Socrates Fraga da
dc.creatorAlvarez, Martin R.
dc.creatorMaldonado Junior, Arnaldo
dc.creatorGentile, Rosane
dc.date2022-06-24T17:36:43Z
dc.date2022-06-24T17:36:43Z
dc.date2022
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T23:22:31Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T23:22:31Z
dc.identifierCOSTA, Natália Alves et al. Helminths of sigmodontine rodents in an agroforestry mosaic in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Patterns and processes of the metacommunity structure. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, v. 18, p. 82-91, April 2022.
dc.identifier2213-2244
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/53471
dc.identifier10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.04.008
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8889890
dc.descriptionPhylogenetically or taxonomically related hosts may harbour similar parasite communities due to phylogenetic conservatism. In addition, host attributes may favour their exposure to parasites. This study aimed to characterize the helminth fauna of sigmodontine rodents in an Atlantic Forest area in northeastern Brazil and determine the pattern of the helminth metacommunity structure. The influence of host attributes and host taxonomy on the metacommunity structure was also investigated. The most abundant helminth species were Raillietina sp. and Hassalstrongylus lauroi. Euryoryzomys russatus was the most infected host species for helminth parasites, as approximately 81% (35/43) of the animals were infected by at least one helminth species. The helminth metacommunity structure was coherent at both the infracommunity and the component community scales, indicating that species responded to the same environmental gradient. A quasi-Clementsian pattern was observed for the infracommunities, indicating the occurrence of compartments of parasite species that were substituted along the environmental gradient, which was formed by host individuals. A quasi-Gleasonian pattern was found at the component community scale, showing random boundary clumping, which is consistent with the individualistic responses of parasite species to each host species. These patterns corroborated the high values of beta-diversity observed, indicating high species turnover among communities at both scales. Host taxonomic distance was the most important variable explaining the patterns of the helminth metacommunity structure.
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectEcologia
dc.subjectElementos da estrutura da metacomunidade
dc.subjectCestoda
dc.subjectNematoda
dc.subjectParasitismo
dc.subjectEcologia de parasitas
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectElements of metacommunity structure
dc.subjectCestoda
dc.subjectNematoda
dc.subjectParasite ecology
dc.subjectParasitism
dc.titleHelminths of sigmodontine rodents in an agroforestry mosaic in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: Patterns and processes of the metacommunity structure
dc.typeArticle


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