Metazoan parasite species richness and diversity of european bitterling: effect of geographical and phylogenetic distance
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | In the present study, the metazoan parasite communities of 7 populations of the European bitterling were sampled across wide geographical range and the effects of geographical and phylogenetic distances between host populations in the structure of parasite communities were tested. The highest value of species richness and diversity were recorded in Polish population which represents eastern lineage of R. amarus. The trend of negative relationship between similarity in parasite communities and phylogenetic distance was observed. Testing of the hypothesis of decay of biological similarity with increasing of geographical distance on the model of the European bitterling showed that geographical distance was more important as a determinant of similarity in parasite communities than phylogenetic distance. |
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