Parasites and Monarchs
Ed Reinertsen
ereinertsen at iprimus.com
Thu Apr 7 16:45:30 EDT 2005
Bradley, C.A. and Altizer, S. 2005. Parasites hinder monarch butterfly
flight: implications for disease spread in migratory hosts. Ecology Letters.
8: 290-300. PDF file
Dr. Altizer's other papers on parasites has been posted on
her website.
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~saltize/
Ed Reinertsen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley A. Gorodenski" <stan_gorodenski at asualumni.org>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 4:12 PM
Subject: Parasites and Monarchs
>I read an interesting summary about a letter that appeared in Ecological
>Letters 8, 290, 2005. It appears Monarchs injected with Protozoan parasites
>show reduced flight performance and endurance in experimantal cages. It was
>estimated this would increase the migration of a Monarch by about 9-10
>weeks, thereby reducing the chance the butterfly will reach its
>destination. This was speculated to account for the difference in parasite
>burden between populations that migrate and those that do not, and that
>habitat destruction and climate change will increase the prevalence of
>parasites.
> Stan
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