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. 2016 Apr 27:105–139. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-38953-0_5

Table 5.3.

Summary of published articles using phylogenetically corrected comparative analyses to test the effects of species-specific socioecological traits on parasitism in bats

Number of bat species (families) Location Metric of parasitism Social aspect Analysis Source
33 (7) Southeast Asia

Viral richness, ecto-

and endoparasite richness

 Categorical metric of colony size and roost type Phylogenetic least squares (PGLS) comparative analysis 1
33 (5) Global Viral richness Colony size and population genetics (FST) PGLS comparative analysis 2
66 (8) Global Viral richness Life-history traits: nonsignificant PGLS comparative analysis 3
15 (6) Africa Viral richness Colony size and roost type: nonsignificant PGLS comparative analysis 4

[1] Gay et al. (2014), [2] Turmelle and Olival (2009), [3] Luis et al. (2013), [4] Maganga et al. (2014)