Interannual patterns of avian diseases in wild New Zealand avifauna near conservation areas

Author:

Filion Antoine1ORCID,Webster Trudi2,Poulin Robert1,Godfrey Stephanie S.1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Zoology University of Otago Dunedin New Zealand

2. Yellow‐eyed Penguin Trust Dunedin New Zealand

Abstract

AbstractThe past few years have seen a noticeable increase in the emergence of infectious diseases in wildlife, especially vector‐borne diseases, presenting a challenge for the conservation of endangered species. One such vector‐borne disease, avian malaria (Plasmodium spp.) is on the rise in New Zealand avifauna, threatening bird populations that are among the most extinction‐prone in the world. Furthermore, recent reports have outlined an increase in deaths of native iconic bird species specifically due to this disease. In order to help manage breakouts of this pathogen at a local scale, we need a better understanding of potential drivers of the emergence of avian malaria in wild New Zealand avifauna. Here, we set to test the role of climatic drivers in synchronizing contacts between avian hosts and vectors, assess the temporal stability of transmission dynamics between years, and determine the role of introduced species in causing spill‐over of this pathogen towards native species. Our study focused on three sites that were sampled regularly during two consecutive years in the austral summer, each site being adjacent to a breeding colony of Yellow‐eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes). Our results reveal an overall temporal stability of avian malaria incidence patterns, with a decrease in infection throughout the austral summer for both sampled years. Moreover, we highlight a phylogenetic signal among sampled bird species, with introduced species being more heavily infected by avian malaria than their native counterparts. In contrast, we found no effect of the two climatic drivers investigated, temperature and rainfall, on mosquito abundance. Our results suggest a strong effect of alien species acting as reservoirs for diseases spilling‐over towards immunologically naïve species, and provide conservation managers with a critical timeframe to control avian malaria breakouts.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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