Winter temperature affects the prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird.
The Arctic is rapidly warming and host-parasite relationships may be modified by such environmental changes. Here, I showed that the average winter temperature in Svalbard, Arctic Norway, explained almost 90% of the average prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird, the Brünnich's guillemot Uria...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:036f8c6b1a094cc6ba23659054127a1a 2023-05-15T14:34:21+02:00 Winter temperature affects the prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird. Sébastien Descamps 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065374 https://doaj.org/article/036f8c6b1a094cc6ba23659054127a1a EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672161?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065374 https://doaj.org/article/036f8c6b1a094cc6ba23659054127a1a PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 6, p e65374 (2013) Medicine R Science Q article 2013 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065374 2022-12-31T03:29:18Z The Arctic is rapidly warming and host-parasite relationships may be modified by such environmental changes. Here, I showed that the average winter temperature in Svalbard, Arctic Norway, explained almost 90% of the average prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird, the Brünnich's guillemot Uria lomvia. An increase of 1°C in the average winter temperature at the nesting colony site was associated with a 5% increase in the number of birds infected by these ectoparasites in the subsequent breeding season. Guillemots were generally infested by only a few ticks (≤5) and I found no direct effect of tick presence on their body condition and breeding success. However, the strong effect of average winter temperature described here clearly indicates that tick-seabird relationships in the Arctic may be strongly affected by ongoing climate warming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic brünnich's guillemot Svalbard Uria lomvia uria Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Norway Svalbard PLoS ONE 8 6 e65374 |
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The Arctic is rapidly warming and host-parasite relationships may be modified by such environmental changes. Here, I showed that the average winter temperature in Svalbard, Arctic Norway, explained almost 90% of the average prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird, the Brünnich's guillemot Uria lomvia. An increase of 1°C in the average winter temperature at the nesting colony site was associated with a 5% increase in the number of birds infected by these ectoparasites in the subsequent breeding season. Guillemots were generally infested by only a few ticks (≤5) and I found no direct effect of tick presence on their body condition and breeding success. However, the strong effect of average winter temperature described here clearly indicates that tick-seabird relationships in the Arctic may be strongly affected by ongoing climate warming. |
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Winter temperature affects the prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird. |
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Winter temperature affects the prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird. |
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Winter temperature affects the prevalence of ticks in an Arctic seabird. |
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