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Comparative studies of parasites in sympatric bird species have been generally scarce. Parasitic infection/transmission can be spread in a number of ways that suggests possible direct and indirect, horizontal transmission between avian hosts. In order to
Mabel Mena +8 more
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Comparison of measures of crowding, group size, and diversity
Abstract In ecology, diversity is often measured as the mean rarity of species in a community. In behavioral sciences and parasitology, mean crowding is the size of the group to which a typical individual belongs. In this paper, focusing mostly on the mathematical aspect, we demonstrate that diversity and crowding are closely related notions.
Zsolt Lang +2 more
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Brueelia longiabdominalis Mey 2017 [PDF]
Neosittiella longiabdominalis Mey, 2017 Neosittiella longiabdominalis Mey, 2017: 151, fig. 76, pl. XII: figs 4–5. Brueelia longiabdominalis (Mey, 2017). New combination. Type host: Daphoenositta chrysoptera pileata (Gould, 1838) —Varied sittella.
Gustafsson, Daniel R. +2 more
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Two new species of chewing lice in the genus Melinirmus (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae) from Australian honeyeaters (Passeriformes, Meliphagidae) [PDF]
Two new species of the genus Melinirmus Mey, 2017, are described from Australian honeyeaters (Meliphagidae). These are: Melinirmus coromandelica n. sp. ex Ptilotula penicillatus penicillatus (Gould, 1837) and Melinirmus palmai n. sp.
Daniel R. Gustafsson, Sarah E. Bush
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Insect ectoparasites from wild passerine birds in the Czech Republic
Wild passerine birds (Passeriformes) from northeastern part of the Czech Republic were examined for ectoparasites. Three species of louse-flies of the genus Ornithomya (Diptera: Hippoboscidae), two species of fleas of the genera Ceratophyllus and ...
Sychra O. +3 more
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En el presente trabajo se reporta nueve especies de malófagos colectados de aves peruanas. Dos malófagos Amblycera: Heteromenopon laticapitis y Menacanthus pici, así como siete malófagos Ischnocera: Alcedoffula theresae, Brueelia brunneinucha ...
Luis A. Gomez-Puerta +1 more
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Brueelia guldum Ansari 1955 [PDF]
Brueelia guldum Ansari, 1955 Brueelia guldum Ansari, 1955: 54. Brueelia guldum – Ansari 1956: 394 (unnecessary redescription as a new species). — Ansari 1958a: 49 (unnecessary redescription as a new species).
Gustafsson, Daniel R. +3 more
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Four new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936, are described from African emberizids: Brueelia anomala sp. nov. from Emberiza striolata striolata (Lichtenstein, 1823); Brueelia kalaharicae sp. nov.
Daniel R. Gustafsson, Sarah E. Bush
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The rates of infestation by chewing lice and feather mites on Turdus leucomelas Vieillot, 1818 (Aves: Turdidae) were used to test the hypothesis of that parasitism either increases or decreases according to, reproductive and molting seasons, respectively.
Alexandre M. J. Enout +3 more
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Published as part of Ošlejšková, Lucie, Krištofík, Ján, Trnka, Alfréd & Sychra, Oldřich, 2021, An annotated checklist of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) from Slovakia, pp.
Ošlejšková, Lucie +3 more
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