Host diversity mediates the influence of landscape structure on parasite communities in Cerrado agricultural landscapes

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1545; no. 1; pp. 105 - 115
• Main Authors: Teles, Wanderson Siqueira, Regolin, André Luis, Andrade‐Silva, Beatriz Elise, Maldonado Junior, Arnaldo, Vilela, Roberto do Val, Borges‐Almeida, Karen, Pereira, Marcio Junior, Araujo, Matheus Lima, Collevatti, Rosane Garcia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2025
• Subjects: Abundance; Agricultural land; Agriculture; agroecosystems; Animals; Biodiversity; Brazil; Community structure; Conservation; Ecological function; Ecosystem; Habitat fragmentation; Helminths - physiology; Heterogeneity; Host-Parasite Interactions - physiology; host−parasite interaction; Intensive farming; Landscape; Landscape preservation; Landscaping; Microhabitats; Nematoda; Parasites; Population Dynamics; Rodentia - parasitology; Rodents; savanna; seasonally dry tropical forest; Sigmodontinae; Brazil; Sigmodontinae; host−parasite interaction; Nematoda; agroecosystems; seasonally dry tropical forest; savanna

Parasites are key elements in ecosystem functioning owing to their role in hosts’ population dynamics and abundance, regulation stabilizing trophic networks, and shaping community structure. Landscape changes can affect parasite communities because of changes in suitable microhabitats and on hosts’...