• Describing posterior distributions of variance components: Problems and the use of null distributions to aid interpretation 

      Pick, Joel; Kasper, Claudia; Allegue, Hassen; Dingemanse, Niels J.; Dochtermann, Ned A.; Laskowski, Kate L.; Lima, Marcos R.; Schielzeth, Holger; Westneat, David F.; Wright, Jonathan; Araya Ajoy, Yimen Gerardo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      1. Assessing the biological relevance of variance components estimated using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)-based mixed-effects models is not straightforward. Variance estimates are constrained to be greater than zero and ...
    • Diversity, Loss, and Gain of Malaria Parasites in a Globally Invasive Bird 

      Marzal, Alfonso; Ricklefs, Robert E.; Valkiunas, Gediminas; Albayrak, Tamer; Arriero, Elena; Bonneaud, Camille; Czirjak, Gabor A.; Ewen, John; Hellgren, Olof; Horakova, Dita; Iezhova, Tatjana A.; Jensen, Henrik; Krizanauskiene, Asta; Lima, Marcos R.; de Lope, Florentino; Magnussen, Eydfinn; Martin, Lynn B.; Møller, Anders P.; Palinauskas, Vaidas; Pap, Peter L.; Perez-Tris, Javier; Sehgal, Ravinder N. M.; Soler, Manuel; Szöllösi, Eszter; Westerdahl, Helena; Zetindjiev, Pavel; Bensch, Staffan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Invasive species can displace natives, and thus identifying the traits that make aliens successful is crucial for predicting and preventing biodiversity loss. Pathogens may play an important role in the invasive process, ...
    • Environmental, geographical and time-related impacts on avian malaria infections in native and introduced populations of house sparrows (Passer domesticus), a globally invasive species 

      Ferraguti, Martina; Magallanes, Sergio; Jiménez-Peñuela, Jéssica; Martínez-de la Puente, Josué; Garcia-Longoria, Luz; Figuerola, Jordi; Muriel, Jaime; Albayrak, Tamer; Bensch, Staffan; Bonneaud, Camille; Clarke, Rohan H.; Czirják, Gábor Á.; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Espinoza, Kathya; Ewen, John G.; Ishtiaq, Farah; Flores-Saavedra, Wendy; Garamszegi, László Zsolt; Hellgren, Olof; Horakova, Dita; Huyvaert, Kathryn P.; Jensen, Henrik; Križanauskienė, Asta; Lima, Marcos R.; Lujan-Vega, Charlene; Magnussen, Eyðfinn; Martin, Lynn B.; Matson, Kevin D.; Møller, Anders Pape; Munclinger, Pavel; Palinauskas, Vaidas; Pap, Péter L.; Pérez-Tris, Javier; Renner, Swen C.; Ricklefs, Robert; Scebba, Sergio; Sehgal, Ravinder N. M.; Soler, Manuel; Szöllősi, Eszter; Valkiūnas, Gediminas; Westerdahl, Helena; Zehtindjiev, Pavel; Marzal, Alfonso (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Aim The increasing spread of vector-borne diseases has resulted in severe health concerns for humans, domestic animals and wildlife, with changes in land use and the introduction of invasive species being among the main ...