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Anuran helminth communities from contrasting nature reserve and pasture sites in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2016

K.M. Campião ,
A.C.A Ribas ,
I.C.O. Silva ,
G.T. Dalazen  and
L.E.R Tavares
K.M. Campião*
Affiliation:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brasil
A.C.A Ribas
Affiliation:
Faculdade de Computação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
I.C.O. Silva
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
G.T. Dalazen
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
L.E.R Tavares
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
*
*E-mail: karla_mcamp@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

Studies of amphibian macroparasites are relevant for the investigation of parasite community ecology and disease dynamics. Here, the parasite communities of five anuran species (Hypsiboas raniceps, Phyllomeduza azurea, Pseudis paradoxa, Leptodactylus fuscus and Leptodactylus podicipinus) are described from two habitats with different levels of preservation (pasture versus nature reserve). Specifically, we used mixed-effect models to test whether helminth species richness, prevalence and abundance differ between the two host collection sites. A total of 120 anuran individuals and 25 helminth parasite taxa were collected. Helminth communities differed between collection sites and among host species. In general, helminth species richness, prevalence and abundance were higher in hosts collected in the pond from the nature reserve. In all, these data help fill the gap in parasite biodiversity knowledge in a changing area, within a sensitive group of vertebrate hosts.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 91 - 96
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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