Feather mites of Calidris fuscicollis (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2015 During the period 2010-2012, eighty individuals of Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) were collected on the southern coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with the objective of determining the presence of feather mites.
S. N. Gomes +3 more
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Feather mites at night: an exploration of their feeding, reproduction, and spatial ecology. [PDF]
Ecology, 2021 Birds host a vast diversity of feather symbionts of different kingdoms, including animals (e.g., lice, mites), fungi, and bacteria. Feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata: Analgoidea and Pterolichoidea), the most abundant animal ectosymbionts of birds ...
María del Mar Labrador +3 more
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Repeatability of feather mite prevalence and intensity in passerine birds. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Understanding why host species differ so much in symbiont loads and how this depends on ecological host and symbiont traits is a major issue in the ecology of symbiosis.
Javier Diaz-Real +33 more
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Feather mites (Astigmata) avoid moulting wing feathers of passerine birds [PDF]
Animal Behaviour, 2001 Peer ...
Jovani, Roger, Serrano, David
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Feather mites on birds: costs of parasitism or conditional outcomes? [PDF]
Journal of Avian Biology, 2001 Feather mites (suborder Astigmata, superfamilies Analgoidea, Pterolichoidea and Freyaniidae) are among the commonest ectosymbionts of birds. Most researchers have assumed they are parasites, having negative effects on hosts. Here we present evidence that suggests that feather mites may not be parasites.
Blanco, Guillermo +3 more
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Feather mites (Acari, Astigmata) associated with birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2015 The present study reports associations between feather mites (Astigmata) and birds in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Rio Grande do Norte state, in Brazil. In the laboratory, mites were collected through visual examination of freshly killed birds. Overall,
HM Silva, FA Hernandes, M Pichorim
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Prelude to a study of the feather mites of Australia (Acariformes: Astigmata).
Zootaxa, 2023 This paper reviews the state of knowledge of the feather mites of Australia (Arachnida: Acariformes: Astigmata). The known fauna includes 149 species arranged in 95 genera and 24 families, in the Superfamilies Analgoidea and Pterolichoidea.
R. Halliday
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New records of feather mites (Acariformes: Astigmata) from non-passerine birds (Aves) in Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2016 We present the results of our investigation of feather mites (Astigmata) associated with non-passerine birds in Brazil. The studied birds were obtained from roadkills, airport accidents, and from capitivity.
Luiz Pedroso, Fabio Hernandes
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Diversity of obligate ectoparasites and parasitism patterns in wild birds of the Balearic Islands: new chewing lice records for Spain [PDF]
ParasitologyEctoparasites are commonly found on wild birds and might play an important role as vectors of pathogens. The Balearic Islands archipelago (Spain) is an ecological hotspot for wild birds due to its geographical location and habitat diversity. Although the
Rafael Gutiérrez López +12 more
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“More Than Meets the Eye”: Cryptic Diversity and Contrasting Patterns of Host-Specificity in Feather Mites Inhabiting Seabirds [PDF]
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Feather mites are useful models for studying speciation due to their high diversity and strong degree of host specialization. However, studies to date have focused on the evolution of higher-level mite taxa while much hidden diversity likely occurs at ...
Laura M. Stefan +5 more
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