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How agricultural land use affects the abundance and prevalence of monoxenous and heteroxenous helminths in the generalist lizard Tropidurus hispidus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2023

Ana Carolina Brasileiro Open the ORCID record for Ana Carolina Brasileiro [Opens in a new window]  and
Elvis Franklin Fernandes de Carvalho
Ana Carolina Brasileiro*
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Biology Department, Post-Graduation Program in Ecology and Natural Resources, Avenida Humberto Monte, s/n, 60455-760, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Elvis Franklin Fernandes de Carvalho
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Biology Department, Post-Graduation Program in Ecology and Natural Resources, Avenida Humberto Monte, s/n, 60455-760, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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Corresponding Author: Ana Carolina Brasileiro; Email: carolbrmelo@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Among the forms of anthropogenic disturbance, agricultural land use is one of the main threats to biodiversity. Understanding how interactions between parasites and hosts are affected by agricultural land use allows predictions of how these anthropogenic impacts affect parasites. Although parasitism patterns are affected by agricultural land use, it is noteworthy that different groups of parasites can respond differently to these environmental alterations. While heteroxenous species need more than one host to complete their life cycle and tend to be more harmed by anthropization, monoxenous species, which need only one host to complete their life cycle, tend to be less harmed. In this work, we evaluate how agricultural land use affects the abundance and prevalence of parasitism for monoxenous and heteroxenous helminths in the generalist lizard Tropidurus hispidus in Caatinga Domain, Brazil. We recorded differences in abundance and prevalence of heteroxeneous (higher in conserved areas) and monoxenous helminths (higher in agricultural areas). Heteroxenous helminths that have lizards as definitive hosts are mainly obtained through diet. Tropidurus hispidus predominantly consumes insects, so it is possible that the lower abundance and prevalence of heteroxenous parasites in agricultural areas, beyond habitat simplification, is related to the decrease in the insect population. As monoxenous species do not need an intermediate host, it is possible that this aspect has influenced their greater success in anthropogenic environments than heteroxenous species. This contrasting result reinforces the need for a separate assessment between these groups when evaluating effects of land use.

Keywords

Agricultural areasanthropogenic disturbanceCaatingalife cycle
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Short Communication
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 97 , 2023 , e50
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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