Dr. Diego Santiago Alarcon

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsBioinformatics and Theoretical Biology,Ecology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Systematics and Morphology (Zoology)
KeywordsBirds, Ceratopogonidae, Evolutionary Ecology, Haemosporidian parasites, Vectors

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityTampa
InstitutionUniversity of South Florida
InstituteDepartment of Integrative Biology

Host during sponsorship

Priv. Doz. Dr. Martin SchaeferInstitut für Biologie I (Zoologie), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2009

Programme(s)

2009Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2013Bruntje Lüdtke Isabelle Moser Diego Santiago Alarcon Markus Fischer Elisabeth K.V. Kalko H. Martin Schaefer Marcela Suarez-Rubio Marco Tschapka Swen C. Renner: Associations of forest type, parasitism and body condition of two european passerines, Fringilla coelebs and Sylvia atricapilla. In: PLoS ONE, 2013, e81395
2013Diego Santiago Alarcon Raeann Mettler Gernot Segelbacher H. Martin Schaefer: Haemosporidian parasitism in the blackcap Sylvia atricapilla in relation to spring arrival and body condition. In: Journal of Avian Biology, 2013, 521-530
2013Diego Santiago Alarcon Peter Havelka Eduardo Pineda Gernot Segelbacher H. Martin Schaefer: Urban forests as hubs for novel zoonosis: blood meal analysis, seasonal variation in Culicoides (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) vectors, and avian haemosporidians. In: Parasitology, 2013, 1799-1810
2012Diego Santiago Alarcon Peter Havelka H. Martin Schaefer Gernot Segelbacher: Blood meal analysis reveals avian Plasmodium infections and broad host preferences of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) vectors. In: PLoS ONE, 2012, e31098-e31098
2012Diego Santiago Alarcon, Vaidas Palinauskas, H. Martin Schaefer: Diptera vectors of avian Haemosporidian parasites: untangling parasite life cycles and their taxonomy. In: Biological Reviews, 2012, 928-964
2011Diego Santiago Alarcon Rebecca Bloch Gregor Rolshausen H. Martin Schaefer Gernot Segelbacher: Prevalence, diversity, and interaction patterns of avian haemosporidians in a four-year study of blackcaps in a migratory divide. In: Parasitology, 2011, 824-835