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Anthropogenic Effects on Avian Haemosporidians and Their Vectors

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Avian Malaria and Related Parasites in the Tropics

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With a population of nearly 8 billion humans, the planet is going through rapid unprecedented change. Human activities cause deforestation, desertification, urbanization, and climate change, all of which are affecting the tropical regions of the world. For example, it is clear that anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can rapidly increase biodiversity loss, and global environmental change may severely further degrade forests in the future. With regard to avian haemosporidians, it is not entirely clear how these changes will affect the prevalence, diversity, and pathogenicity of the parasites, but several studies have provided insights into how human impacts in the tropics will affect birds, vectors, and blood parasites. This chapter summarizes recent work that investigates the human effects on haemosporidian disease ecology.

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The authors thank Claire Loiseau for her comments and suggestions that enhanced the clarity of our chapter. DS-A was supported from CONACYT, A.C. grants from the Ciencia Básica research fund (2011-01-168524) and from the Problemas Nacionales fund (2015-01-1628). CH-L thanks the graduate scholarships provided by CONACYT, A.C. to conduct masters and doctoral studies at the Instituto de Ecología, A.C. – CONACYT, Mexico. MF was funded by a Juan de la Cierva 2017 Formación Grant (FJCI-2017-34394) from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

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Ferraguti, M., Hernández-Lara, C., Sehgal, R.N.M., Santiago-Alarcon, D. (2020). Anthropogenic Effects on Avian Haemosporidians and Their Vectors. In: Santiago-Alarcon, D., Marzal, A. (eds) Avian Malaria and Related Parasites in the Tropics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51633-8_14

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