Abstract

The impact of host dispersal on parasite biogeography

Highlights

  • Understanding the diversification of species remains a topic of primary interest in the field of biogeography (Faria et al 2014)

  • The authors compared host dispersal ability to overall parasite species diversity and the similarity of parasite species assemblages among hosts collected from different geographic locales

  • Genetic differentiation among geographic areas was strong for T. moorii, but weak for S. diagramma, consistent with previous inferences (Meyer 1993), revealing a greater likelihood for parasite gene flow among populations of Cichlidogyrus infecting S. diagramma

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Summary

Introduction

Understanding the diversification of species remains a topic of primary interest in the field of biogeography (Faria et al 2014). Parasite dispersal and geographic diversification may, be intimately connected to host vagility and the connectivity of host populations (Blasco-Costa and Poulin 2013). A recent study by Grégoir et al (2015) examined the relationship between host dispersal and parasite diversity to determine whether host characteristics influence parasite diversification.

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