@article{8bd730a42e604337bc5876ab93557f8f,
title = "Species and site contributions to β-diversity in fleas parasitic on the Palearctic small mammals: Ecology, geography and host species composition matter the most",
abstract = "The β-diversity of fleas parasitic on small mammals in 45 regions of the Palearctic was partitioned into species [species contributions to β-diversity (SCBD)] and site ( = assemblage) contributions [local contributions to β-diversity (LCBD)]. We asked what are the factors affecting SCBD and LCBD and tested whether (a) variation in ecological, morphological, life history and geographic traits of fleas can predict SCBD and (b) variation in flea and host community metrics, off-host environmental factors, host species composition of flea assemblages can predict LCBD. We used spatial variables to describe geographic distribution of flea assemblages with various LCBD values. SCBD significantly increased with an increase in abundance and a decrease in phylogenetic host specificity of a flea as well as with size and latitude of its geographic range, but was not associated with any morphological/life history trait. LCBD of flea assemblages did not depend on either flea or host species richness or environmental predictors, but was significantly affected by compositional uniqueness ( = LCBD) of regional host assemblages and variables describing their species composition. In addition, variation in LCBD was also explained by broad-To-moderate-scale spatial variables. We conclude that SCBD of fleas could be predicted via their ecological and geographic traits, whereas LCBD of their assemblages could be predicted via host composition.",
keywords = "Palearctic, environment, fleas, hosts, traits, β-diversity",
author = "Krasnov, {Boris R.} and Shenbrot, {Georgy I.} and Warburton, {Elizabeth M.} and {Van Der Mescht}, Luther and Surkova, {Elena N.} and Medvedev, {Sergei G.} and Nadezhda Pechnikova and Natalia Ermolova and Kotti, {Boris K.} and Khokhlova, {Irina S.}",
note = "Funding Information: et al. Parasitology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-3331 Krasnov Boris R. 1 Shenbrot Georgy I. 1 Warburton Elizabeth M. 1 van der Mescht Luther 1 2 Surkova Elena N. 1 3 Medvedev Sergei G. 4 Pechnikova Nadezhda 4 5 Ermolova Natalia 6 Kotti Boris K. 7 Khokhlova Irina S. 2 1 Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology , Swiss Institute of Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion , Israel 2 Wyler Department of Dryland Agriculture , French Associates Institute for Agriculture, French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev , Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion , Israel 3 Russian Academy of Sciences , A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution , Leninsky Prospect 33, 119071 Moscow , Russia 4 Zoological Institute , Russian Academy of Sciences , Universitetskaya emb. 1 , Saint Petersburg 199034 , Russia 5 V.A. Almazov National North-West Medical Research Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation , 15b Parkhomenko pr., Saint-Petersburg194156 , Russia 6 Stavropol Antiplague Scientific Research Institute , Sovetskaya str. 13/15, Stavropol 355035 , Russia 7 North Caucasus Federal University , Pushkin St. 1, Stavropol 355000 , Russia Author for correspondence: Boris R. Krasnov, E-mail: krasnov@bgu.ac.il 04 2019 15 11 2018 146 5 653 661 05 09 2018 14 10 2018 15 10 2018 Copyright {\textcopyright} Cambridge University Press 2018 2018 Cambridge University Press Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Cambridge University Press 2018.",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1017/S0031182018001944",
language = "English",
volume = "146",
pages = "653--661",
journal = "Parasitology",
issn = "0031-1820",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "5",
}
