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Metazoan parasite species richness and diversity of european bitterling: effect of geographical and phylogenetic distance

Authors

DÁVIDOVÁ Martina JARKOVSKÝ Jiří ONDRAČKOVÁ Markéta BRYJA Josef REICHARD Martin GELNAR Milan

Year of publication 2009
Type Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
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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