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Temporal and between-site variation in helminth communities of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) from N.E. Poland. 2. The infracommunity level

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2008

J. M. BEHNKE ,
A. BAJER ,
P. D. HARRIS ,
L. NEWINGTON ,
E. PIDGEON ,
G. ROWLANDS ,
C. SHERIFF ,
K. KULIŚ-MALKOWSKA ,
E. SIńSKI  and
F. S. GILBERT
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J. M. BEHNKE*
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
A. BAJER
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology, University of Warsaw, ul. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
P. D. HARRIS
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
L. NEWINGTON
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
E. PIDGEON
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
G. ROWLANDS
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
C. SHERIFF
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
K. KULIŚ-MALKOWSKA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology, University of Warsaw, ul. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
E. SIńSKI
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology, University of Warsaw, ul. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
F. S. GILBERT
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
C. J. BARNARD
Affiliation:
School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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*Corresponding author: School of Biology, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. Tel: 0044 (0) 115 951 3208. E-mail: jerzy.behnke@nottingham.ac.uk
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Summary

The relative importance of temporal and spatial effects was assessed in helminth communities of bank voles (Myodes glareolus) in 3 woodland sites in N.E. Poland in the late summers of 1999 and 2002. Among common species the rank order of sites in relation to prevalence and abundance of infection was maintained between surveys. Site effects accounted for most of the deviance (in statistical models), and time was less important, so the exact location from which voles were sampled was of critical importance. The only exception was Syphacia petrusewiczi. In contrast, for derived measures such as species richness and diversity, most deviance was accounted for by host age, and the interaction between site and year was significant, implying that rank order of sites changed between years. Temporal effects on derived measures were generated primarily by a combination of relatively small changes in prevalence and abundance of the common, rather than the rare, species between the years of the study. In the medium-term, therefore, helminth communities of bank voles in N.E. Poland had a stable core, suggesting a substantial strong element of predictability.

Keywords

infracommunitiesbank volesMyodes glareolusClethrionomyshelminthsnematodescestodessite-specific parasite variation
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Parasitology , Volume 135 , Issue 8 , July 2008 , pp. 999 - 1018
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Copyright © 2008 Cambridge University Press

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