Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population
The recent recolonisation of the Central European lowland (CEL) by the grey wolf (Canis lupus) provides an excellent opportunity to study the effect of founder events on endoparasite diversity. Which role do prey and predator populations play in the re-establishment of endoparasite life cycles? Whic...
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ftleibnizopen:oai:oai.leibnizopen.de:UTA374cBdbrxVwz6ohsX 2023-06-11T04:10:50+02:00 Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population Lesniak, Ines Heckmann, Ilja Heitlinger, Emanuel Szentiks, Claudia A. Nowak, Carsten Harms, Verena Jarausch, Anne Reinhardt, Ilka Kluth, Gesa Hofer, Heribert Krone, Oliver 2017 https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6408034 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41730 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5269671/ https://www.nature.com/articles/srep41730#supplementary-information eng eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Scientific reports, 7:41730 Parasite genetics Conservation biology High-throughput screening Biodiversity Population genetics 2017 ftleibnizopen https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41730 2023-05-07T23:22:48Z The recent recolonisation of the Central European lowland (CEL) by the grey wolf (Canis lupus) provides an excellent opportunity to study the effect of founder events on endoparasite diversity. Which role do prey and predator populations play in the re-establishment of endoparasite life cycles? Which intrinsic and extrinsic factors control individual endoparasite diversity in an expanding host population? In 53 individually known CEL wolves sampled in Germany, we revealed a community of four cestode, eight nematode, one trematode and 12 potential Sarcocystis species through molecular genetic techniques. Infections with zoonotic Echinococcus multilocularis, Trichinella britovi and T. spiralis occurred as single cases. Per capita endoparasite species richness and diversity significantly increased with population size and changed with age, whereas sex, microsatellite heterozygosity, and geographic origin had no effect. Tapeworm abundance (Taenia spp.) was significantly higher in immigrants than natives. Metacestode prevalence was slightly higher in ungulates from wolf territories than from control areas elsewhere. Even though alternative canid definitive hosts might also play a role within the investigated parasite life cycles, our findings indicate that (1) immigrated wolves increase parasite diversity in German packs, and (2) prevalence of wolf-associated parasites had declined during wolf absence and has now risen during recolonisation. Other/Unknown Material Canis lupus LeibnizOpen (The Leibniz Association) Scientific Reports 7 1 |
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Parasite genetics Conservation biology High-throughput screening Biodiversity Population genetics Lesniak, Ines Heckmann, Ilja Heitlinger, Emanuel Szentiks, Claudia A. Nowak, Carsten Harms, Verena Jarausch, Anne Reinhardt, Ilka Kluth, Gesa Hofer, Heribert Krone, Oliver Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population |
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The recent recolonisation of the Central European lowland (CEL) by the grey wolf (Canis lupus) provides an excellent opportunity to study the effect of founder events on endoparasite diversity. Which role do prey and predator populations play in the re-establishment of endoparasite life cycles? Which intrinsic and extrinsic factors control individual endoparasite diversity in an expanding host population? In 53 individually known CEL wolves sampled in Germany, we revealed a community of four cestode, eight nematode, one trematode and 12 potential Sarcocystis species through molecular genetic techniques. Infections with zoonotic Echinococcus multilocularis, Trichinella britovi and T. spiralis occurred as single cases. Per capita endoparasite species richness and diversity significantly increased with population size and changed with age, whereas sex, microsatellite heterozygosity, and geographic origin had no effect. Tapeworm abundance (Taenia spp.) was significantly higher in immigrants than natives. Metacestode prevalence was slightly higher in ungulates from wolf territories than from control areas elsewhere. Even though alternative canid definitive hosts might also play a role within the investigated parasite life cycles, our findings indicate that (1) immigrated wolves increase parasite diversity in German packs, and (2) prevalence of wolf-associated parasites had declined during wolf absence and has now risen during recolonisation. |
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Lesniak, Ines Heckmann, Ilja Heitlinger, Emanuel Szentiks, Claudia A. Nowak, Carsten Harms, Verena Jarausch, Anne Reinhardt, Ilka Kluth, Gesa Hofer, Heribert Krone, Oliver |
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Lesniak, Ines Heckmann, Ilja Heitlinger, Emanuel Szentiks, Claudia A. Nowak, Carsten Harms, Verena Jarausch, Anne Reinhardt, Ilka Kluth, Gesa Hofer, Heribert Krone, Oliver |
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Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population |
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Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population |
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Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population |
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Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population |
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Population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population |
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population expansion and individual age affect endoparasite richness and diversity in a recolonising large carnivore population |
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