Host tracking or resource tracking? The case of Periglischrus wing mites (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) of leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) from Michoacan, Mexico
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| contents | Host tracking or resource tracking? The case of Periglischrus wing mites (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) of leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) from Michoacan, Mexico Lorinda L. Sheeler Gordon Robert D. Owen Biología bats Michoacán Ectoparasites Phyllostomidae Spinturnicidae We examined the issue of host tracking versus resource tracking in spinturnicid wing mites of the genusPeriglischrus, which are associated with bats of the family Phyllostomidae. Several lines of evidence suggestthat these mites are host tracking, that is they do not respond to environmental factors beyond the body oftheir host. With one exception only, each host species was infested by only one mite species. In some cases,a mite species infested more than one bat species, but these hosts were always closely related, composinga monophyletic group within our sample. Finally, GIS analyses were used to evaluate the effects of annualprecipitation, vegetation, climate, and soils on mite distributions within their host distributions in Michoacán.Those associations having an adequate sample size resulted in non-significance, indicating that the mitedistributions did not vary with respect to environmental factors. Additional data and analyses are needed totest each of these findings, as well as to evaluate other environmental factors not tested in this study whichmay be of importance to mite distribution. 1999 artículo científico 0065-1737 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57507606 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=575 Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) application/pdf Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) (México) Num.76 |
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| spellingShingle | Host tracking or resource tracking? The case of Periglischrus wing mites (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) of leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) from Michoacan, Mexico Lorinda L. Sheeler Gordon Biología bats Michoacán Ectoparasites Phyllostomidae Spinturnicidae Host tracking or resource tracking? The case of Periglischrus wing mites (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) of leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) from Michoacan, Mexico Lorinda L. Sheeler Gordon Robert D. Owen Biología bats Michoacán Ectoparasites Phyllostomidae Spinturnicidae We examined the issue of host tracking versus resource tracking in spinturnicid wing mites of the genusPeriglischrus, which are associated with bats of the family Phyllostomidae. Several lines of evidence suggestthat these mites are host tracking, that is they do not respond to environmental factors beyond the body oftheir host. With one exception only, each host species was infested by only one mite species. In some cases,a mite species infested more than one bat species, but these hosts were always closely related, composinga monophyletic group within our sample. Finally, GIS analyses were used to evaluate the effects of annualprecipitation, vegetation, climate, and soils on mite distributions within their host distributions in Michoacán.Those associations having an adequate sample size resulted in non-significance, indicating that the mitedistributions did not vary with respect to environmental factors. Additional data and analyses are needed totest each of these findings, as well as to evaluate other environmental factors not tested in this study whichmay be of importance to mite distribution. 1999 artículo científico 0065-1737 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57507606 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=575 Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) application/pdf Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) (México) Num.76 |
| title | Host tracking or resource tracking? The case of Periglischrus wing mites (Acarina: Spinturnicidae) of leaf-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae) from Michoacan, Mexico |
| topic | Biología bats Michoacán Ectoparasites Phyllostomidae Spinturnicidae |
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