From host individual traits to community structure and composition: <i>Bartonella </i>infection insights

The aim of this study is three-fold. First, data on <i>Bartonella </i>infection across rodent communities were employed to investigate which host traits at the individual level are mostly associated with odds of <i>Bartonella </i>infection and how community diversity affects the infection odds in Atlantic Rainforest areas. Second, we also aimed to assess whether <i>Bartonella </i>infection probability would be affected by host functional and phylogenetic similarities considering mammal species belonging to different taxonomic orders occurring in Brazil. Finally, we aimed to examine whether host trait patterns affect host centralities in <i>Bartonella </i>lineage sharing recorded in Brazil.