Imperial College London
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DrJuliaSchroeder

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park)

Senior Lecturer
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 9086julia.schroeder

 
 
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2.13MunroSilwood Park

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Valdebenito:2020:10.1371/journal.pone.0237369,
author = {Valdebenito, JO and Martinez-de, la Puente J and Castro, M and Perez-Hurtado, A and Tejera, G and Szekely, T and Halimubieke, N and Schroeder, J and Figuerola, J},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0237369},
journal = {PLoS One},
pages = {1--16},
title = {Association of insularity and body condition to cloacal bacteria prevalence in a small shorebird},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237369},
volume = {15},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Do islands harbour less diverse disease communities than mainland? The island biogeography theory predicts more diverse communities on mainland than on islands due to more niches, more diverse habitats and availability of greater range of hosts. We compared bacteria prevalences of Campylobacter, Chlamydia and Salmonella in cloacal samples of a small shorebird, the Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) between two island populations of Macaronesia and two mainland locations in the Iberian Peninsula. Bacteria were found in all populations but, contrary to the expectations, prevalences did not differ between islands and mainland. Females had higher prevalences than males for Salmonella and when three bacteria genera were pooled together. Bacteria infection was unrelated to bird’s body condition but females from mainland were heavier than males and birds from mainland were heavier than those from islands. Abiotic variables consistent throughout breeding sites, like high salinity that is known to inhibit bacteria growth, could explain the lack of differences in the bacteria prevalence between areas. We argue about the possible drivers and implications of sex differences in bacteria prevalence in Kentish plovers.
AU  - Valdebenito,JO
AU  - Martinez-de,la Puente J
AU  - Castro,M
AU  - Perez-Hurtado,A
AU  - Tejera,G
AU  - Szekely,T
AU  - Halimubieke,N
AU  - Schroeder,J
AU  - Figuerola,J
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0237369
EP  - 16
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1932-6203
SP  - 1
TI  - Association of insularity and body condition to cloacal bacteria prevalence in a small shorebird
T2  - PLoS One
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237369
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000563517800016&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237369
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/83736
VL  - 15
ER  -
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