Macroecological analyses provide valuable insights into factors that influence how parasites are distributed across space and among hosts. Amid large uncertainties that arise when generalizing from local and regional findings, hierarchical approaches applied to global datasets are required to determine whether drivers of parasite infection patterns vary across scales. We assessed global patterns of haemosporidian infections across a broad diversity of avian host clades and zoogeographical realms to depict hotspots of prevalence and to identify possible underlying drivers.

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禽血孢子虫感染的全球驱动因素因动物地理区域而异

宏观生态学分析为影响寄生虫在空间和宿主之间分布的因素提供了宝贵的见解。在从局部和区域发现进行概括时出现的巨大不确定性中，需要应用于全球数据集的分层方法来确定寄生虫感染模式的驱动因素是否因规模而异。我们评估了广泛多样的鸟类宿主进化枝和动物地理领域的血孢子虫感染的全球模式，以描绘流行的热点并确定可能的潜在驱动因素。