RT Journal Article
T1 Environmental, geographical and time‐related impacts on avian malaria infections in native and introduced populations of house sparrows "Passer domesticus", a globally invasive species
A1 Ferraguti, Martina
A1 Magallanes, Sergio
A1 Jiménez Peñuela, Jéssica
A1 Martínez de la Puente, Josué
A1 García Longoria, Luz
A1 Figuerola, Jordi
A1 Muriel, Jaime
A1 Albayrak, Tamer
A1 Bensch, Staffan
A1 Bonneaud, Camille
A1 Clarke, Rohan H.
A1 Czirják, Gábor Á.
A1 Dimitrov, Dimitar
A1 Espinoza, Kathya
A1 Ewen, John G.
A1 Ishtiaq, Farah
A1 Flores Saavedra, Wendy
A1 Garamszegi, László Zsolt
A1 Hellgren, Olof
A1 Horakova, Dita
A1 Huyvaert, Kathryn P.
A1 Jensen, Henrik
A1 Križanauskienė, Asta
A1 Lima, Marcos R.
A1 Luján Vega, Charlene
A1 Magnussen, Eyðfinn
A1 Martin, Lynn B.
A1 Matson, Kevin D.
A1 Møller, Anders Pape
A1 Munclinger, Pavel
A1 Palinauskas, Vaidas
A1 Pap, Péter L.
A1 Pérez Tris, Javier
A1 Renner, Swen C.
A1 Ricklefs, Robert
A1 Scebba, Sergio
A1 Sehgal, Ravinder N. M.
A1 Soler, Manuel
A1 Szöllősi, Eszter
A1 Valkiūnas, Gediminas
A1 Westerdahl, Helena
A1 Zehtindjiev, Pavel
A1 Marzal, Alfonso
AB Aim. The increasing spread of vector‐borne diseases has resulted in severe health concerns for humans, domestic animals and wildlife, with changes in land use and the introduction of invasive species being among the main possible causes for this increase. We explored several ecological drivers potentially affecting the local prevalence and richness of avian malaria parasite lineages in native and introduced house sparrows (Passer domesticus) populations. LocationGlobal. Time period 2002–2019. Major taxa studied. Avian Plasmodium parasites in house sparrows.  Methods. We analysed data from 2,220 samples from 69 localities across all continents, except Antarctica. The influence of environment (urbanization index and human density), geography (altitude, latitude, hemisphere) and time (bird breeding season and years since introduction) were analysed using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs) and random forests.  Results. Overall, 670 sparrows (30.2%) were infected with 22 Plasmodium lineages. In native populations, parasite prevalence was positively related to urbanization index, with the highest prevalence values in areas with intermediate urbanization levels. Likewise, in introduced populations, prevalence was positively associated with urbanization index; however, higher infection occurred in areas with either extreme high or low levels of urbanization. In introduced populations, the number of parasite lineages increased with altitude and with the years elapsed since the establishment of sparrows in a new locality. Here, after a decline in the number of parasite lineages in the first 30 years, an increase from 40 years onwards was detected.  Main conclusions. Urbanization was related to parasite prevalence in both native and introduced bird populations. In invaded areas, altitude and time since bird introduction were related to the number of Plasmodium lineages found to be infecting sparrows.
PB John Wiley & Sons
SN 1466-822X
YR 2023
FD 2023-03-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122502
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122502
LA eng
NO Ferraguti, M., Magallanes, S., Jiménez-Peñuela, J., Martínez-de la Puente, J., GarciaLongoria, L., Figuerola, J., Muriel, J., Albayrak, T., Bensch, S., Bonneaud, C., Clarke, R. H., Czirják, G. Á., Dimitrov, D., Espinoza, K., Ewen, J. G., Ishtiaq, F., Flores-Saavedra, W., Garamszegi, L. Z., Hellgren, O. … Marzal, A. (2023). Environmental, geographical and time-related impacts on avian malaria infections in native and introduced populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus), a globally invasive species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32, 809–823. https:// doi.org/10.1111/geb.13651
NO This study was funded by projects: IB20089 from the Consejería de Economía, Ciencia y Agenda Digital of the Junta de Extremadura and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional, P11-RNM-7038 from Junta de Andalucía, and PR(19_ECO_0070) from Ayudas Fundación BBVA a Equipos de Investigación Científica 2019. MF was supported by a Juan de la Cierva 2017 Formación contract (FJCI-2017-34394) from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie (grant agreement No 844285, ‘EpiEcoMod’) and she is currently funded by a Ramón y Cajal postdoctoral contract (RYC2021-031613-I) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN). JJP was supported by the Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno. JMP was supported by ProyExcel_00049 financed by Proyectos I+D+i of Junta de Andalucía 2021. LGL was supported by Junta de Extremadura (IB20089, Post-Doc grant). JM was supported by a Juan de la Cierva - Formación contract (FJCI-2017-34109) from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, and he is currently supported by a postdoctoral researcher contract for scientific excellence under the Plan Propio de I+D+i of the Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha (UCLM), co-funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). LZG was supported by funds from the Hungary's National Research, Development and Innovation Office (K135841, RRF-2.3.1-21-2022-00006).
NO Junta de Extremadura
NO European Commission
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
NO Junta de Andalucía
NO Fundación BBVA
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
NO Fundación Tatiana Pérez de Guzmán el Bueno
NO Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
NO National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 dic 2025