A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions
The relationships between ticks and hosts are relevant to capture the ecological background driving the evolution of these parasites. We used a set of 4,764 records of ticks of the genera Amblyomma, Ixodes, and Haemaphysalis and their hosts in the Neotropics to approach the tick-host relationships u...
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| author | Estrada-Peña, Agustín Nava Santiago Tarragona Evelina Luisa de la Fuente, José Guglielmone Alberto |
| author_browse | Estrada-Peña, Agustín Guglielmone Alberto Nava Santiago Tarragona Evelina Luisa de la Fuente, José |
| author_facet | Estrada-Peña, Agustín Nava Santiago Tarragona Evelina Luisa de la Fuente, José Guglielmone Alberto |
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| description | The relationships between ticks and hosts are relevant to capture the ecological background driving the evolution of these parasites. We used a set of 4,764 records of ticks of the genera Amblyomma, Ixodes, and Haemaphysalis and their hosts in the Neotropics to approach the tick-host relationships using a network-based construct. The network identified 9 clusters of interacting hosts and ticks partially connected by 22 tick species that switch their host range according to their life cycle stage. These links among clusters do not confer an extra resilience to the network following removal of hosts and subsequent cascade extinctions of ticks: the robustness of the network slightly changed when these inter-clusters links are considered. Phylogenetic clustering of ticks to hosts at cluster level was not significant (p > 0.15) but if examined individually 63 tick species/stages (59%) displayed such clustering, suggesting that their hosts have a related phylogenetic background. We interpreted these results under an ecological perspective in which ticks could track its environmental niche associating to vertebrates that would maximize tick survival under the range of abiotic traits. We encourage these integrated analyses to capture the patterns of circulation of tick-transmitted pathogens, a topic still unaddressed in the Neotropical region. |
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| spelling | INTA78692021-02-22T15:53:36Z A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions Estrada-Peña, Agustín Nava Santiago Tarragona Evelina Luisa de la Fuente, José Guglielmone Alberto Metastigmata Región Neotropical Relaciones Huésped Patógeno Relaciones Huésped Parásito Neotropical Region Host Pathogen Relations Host Parasite Relations Ticks Garrapatas The relationships between ticks and hosts are relevant to capture the ecological background driving the evolution of these parasites. We used a set of 4,764 records of ticks of the genera Amblyomma, Ixodes, and Haemaphysalis and their hosts in the Neotropics to approach the tick-host relationships using a network-based construct. The network identified 9 clusters of interacting hosts and ticks partially connected by 22 tick species that switch their host range according to their life cycle stage. These links among clusters do not confer an extra resilience to the network following removal of hosts and subsequent cascade extinctions of ticks: the robustness of the network slightly changed when these inter-clusters links are considered. Phylogenetic clustering of ticks to hosts at cluster level was not significant (p > 0.15) but if examined individually 63 tick species/stages (59%) displayed such clustering, suggesting that their hosts have a related phylogenetic background. We interpreted these results under an ecological perspective in which ticks could track its environmental niche associating to vertebrates that would maximize tick survival under the range of abiotic traits. We encourage these integrated analyses to capture the patterns of circulation of tick-transmitted pathogens, a topic still unaddressed in the Neotropical region. EEA Rafaela Fil: Estrada-Peña, Agustin. Universidad de Zaragoza. Facultad de Veterinaria. Departamento de Patología Animal; España Fil: Nava, Santiago. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: Tarragona, Evelina Luisa. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina Fil: de la Fuente, José. SaBio, Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM); España. Oklahoma State University. Center for Veterinary Health Sciences. Department of Veterinary Pathobiology; Estados Unidos Fil: Guglielmone, Alberto. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Regional Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina 2020-09-10T16:45:29Z 2020-09-10T16:45:29Z 2020-06-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7869 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66400-3 Estrada-Peña, A., Nava, S., Tarragona, E. et al. A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions. Sci Rep 10, 9269 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66400-3 2045-2322 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66400-3 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Springer Nature Scientific reports 10 : 9269. (2020) |
| spellingShingle | Metastigmata Región Neotropical Relaciones Huésped Patógeno Relaciones Huésped Parásito Neotropical Region Host Pathogen Relations Host Parasite Relations Ticks Garrapatas Estrada-Peña, Agustín Nava Santiago Tarragona Evelina Luisa de la Fuente, José Guglielmone Alberto A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions |
| title | A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions |
| title_full | A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions |
| title_fullStr | A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions |
| title_short | A community approach to the Neotropical ticks-hosts interactions |
| title_sort | community approach to the neotropical ticks hosts interactions |
| topic | Metastigmata Región Neotropical Relaciones Huésped Patógeno Relaciones Huésped Parásito Neotropical Region Host Pathogen Relations Host Parasite Relations Ticks Garrapatas |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/7869 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66400-3 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66400-3 |
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