ECTOPARASITE AND BACTERIAL POPULATION GENETICS AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE INDICATE EXTENT OF BAT MOVEMENT ACROSS AN ISLAND CHAIN

Ectoparasite and bacterial population genetics and community structure indicate extent of bat movement across an island chain

Few studies have examined the genetic population structure of vector-borne microparasites in wildlife, making it unclear how much these systems can reveal about the movement of their associated hosts.This study examined the complex host–vector–microbe interactions in a system of bats, wingless ectoparasitic Dice bat flies (Nycteribiidae), vecto

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