TABLE 3.

Prevalence of Plasmodium elongatum (pGRW06) in warbling white‐eyes ( Zosterops japonicus ) at each sampling area of Chichijima.

Season	North		East		South		LR chisq	p
Spring (March to May)	7/21	(33.33) a	0		0		—	—
Summer (June to August)	25/43	(58.14)	0		10/11	(90.91)	4.879	0.027
Autumn (September to November)	7/15	(46.67)	0		2/2	(100)	2.781	0.095
Winter (December to February)	8/13	(61.54)	9/9	(100)	25/26	(96.15)	10.370	0.006
LR chisq	4.245				0.598
p	0.236				0.742

Note: Significant p values are shown in bold.

^a Positive/sampled (prevalence by percent).