Description: Das Projekt "Response of host-vector-parasite interactions on forest management systems" wird/wurde gefördert durch: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Es wird/wurde ausgeführt durch: Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Institut für Zoologie.We aim to clarify the relationship between forest habitats and host-vector-parasite interactions. Such effects will be studied within a forest management gradient (i.e., land use intensity) in the Biodiversity Exploratories in order to understand the role of parasitism and vectors for birds and their health status in relation to land use and ecosystem functioning. We have three specific goals, one for each player in the triad of vectors, parasites, and their hosts: 1. To determine whether blood parasite prevalence and Rickettsia infections of birds depend on land use intensity (forest age classes and structure) at the plot level of the Biodiversity Exploratories for at least six host species representing migrants vs. non-migrants. 2. To determine the health status (immunoreaction) of birds in relation to parasitation and land use intensity (forest structure) in order to understand whether parasites trigger distinct immunoreactions in differently structured forests. 3. To determine the abundance of vectors and parasite prevalence in vectors to assess the probability of infections for birds in relation to forest structure at the plot level of the Biodiversity Exploratories. The assessment of indirect and variable effects of land use intensity on birds through parasitation is an essential step for understanding whether human land use impacts complex ecological processes and species interactions. We specifically expect to be able to understand whether vectors, and consequently also parasite transmissions, are affected by land use intensity on parasitation processes in bird populations.
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Origins: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Populationsdynamik ? Insekt ? Tierökologie ? Vogel ? Zecke ? Langzeitwirkung ? Zoologie ? Lichtmikroskopie ? Wirtsorganismus ? Malaria ? Parasitologie ? Vektorübertragene Krankheit ? Blutuntersuchung ? Habitat ? Veterinärmedizin ? Waldökosystem ? Bakterien ? Geoinformation ? Blutprobe ? Waldzustand ? Blut ? Immunsystem ? Schädlingsbefall ? Testorganismus ? Ökosystemforschung ? Infektionskrankheit ? Kausalzusammenhang ? Langzeitverhalten ? Waldbiodiversität ? Flächennutzung ? Wirkungsanalyse ? Parasit ? Populationsdichte ? Ökologischer Faktor ? Anthropogener Einfluss ? Krankheitsüberträger ? Ausbreitungsvorgang ? Bewirtschaftungssystem ? Regionale Verteilung ? Risikofaktor ? Forstwirtschaft ? Biodiversität ? Gesundheit ? Transmission ? Infektion ? Häufigkeit [Ereignis] ? Wirts-Vektor-Parasiten Interaktion ? Hämosporidien ? Infektionsrisiko ? Interaktionsanalyse ? PCR-Technik ? Screening [Voruntersuchung] ? Wechselwirkung ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 2017-01-07 - 2017-03-31
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