Parasite species coexistence and the evolution of the parasite niche
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Parasite species coexistence and the evolution of the parasite niche
Original language description
Congeneric monogeneans parasitizing fish gills exhibit narrow niches. They often exhibit strict host specificity and microhabitat segregation. A likely explanation is thatthis enhances mating opportunities, which is supported by the observation that species coexisting on the same host showed a high level of intraspecific aggregations compared to interspecific aggregations. Congeneric monogeneans with morphologically similar attachment organs have similar microhabitat requirements and often overlap on fish gills, which suggests that interspecific competition is not a limiting factor in the morphological diversification of the attachment organs. However, these congeneric species that overlap in their niches differ in the morphology of their copulatory organs, which reinforces their reproductive isolation. Species coexistence and species diversity in monogeneans is facilitated by pre-zygotic isolation.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GBP505%2F12%2FG112" target="_blank" >GBP505/12/G112: ECIP - European Centre of Ichtyoparasitology</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Parasite Diversity and Diversification. Evolutionary Ecology meets Phylogenetics.
ISBN
9781107037656
Number of pages of the result
16
Pages from-to
360-375
Number of pages of the book
488
Publisher name
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
Cambridge
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