Population genetic structure and colonisation of the western Antarctic Peninsula by the seabird tick Ixodes uriae

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: McCoy, K.D., Beis, P., Barbosa, Andres, Cuervo, J.J., Fraser, W.R., González-Solís, J., Jourdain, E., Poisbleau, M., Quillfeldt, Petra, Léger, E., Dietrich, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Climate change; Host−parasite interactions; Invasion; Pygoscelis; Seabird population dynamics; ddc:570; ddc:590; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Palmer Station; Palmer-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de//handle/jlupub/266; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09749; https://doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-213

Recent observations on the western Antarctic Peninsula have suggested that changing climatic conditions may be increasing pressure on breeding seabirds due to higher exploitation rates by the tick Ixodes uriae. Using data from 8 microsatellite markers and ticks from 6 Pygoscelis spp. colonies, we em...