Nematode parasite species richness and the evolution of spleen size in birds

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Latitudinal gradients of parasite species richness in primates (2005, background): “Among threatened primate taxa (IUCN, 2004), risks posed by parasites remain largely unquantified, yet many of the biodiversity hotspots (Myers et al., 2000) where primates are in danger of extinction lie in close proximity to the equator, such as the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil.”
Macroecological patterns of species richness in parasite assemblages (2004, background): “In birds, for example, the spleen plays an important role in immune defence against nematode parasites, and nematode parasite richness correlates positively with spleen mass among bird species, even when controlling for bird body size or avian phylogeny ( Morand & Poulin, 2000 ).”