Effects of urbanization on host-pathogen interactions, using Yersinia in house sparrows as a model. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Urbanization strongly affects biodiversity, altering natural communities and often leading to a reduced species richness. Yet, despite its increasingly recognized importance, how urbanization impacts on the health of individual animals, wildlife ...
Lieze Oscar Rouffaer +11 more
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Reciprocal positive effects on parasitemia between coinfecting haemosporidian parasites in house sparrows [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background Hosts are often simultaneously infected with several parasite species. These co-infections can lead to within-host interactions of parasites, including mutualism and competition, which may affect both virulence and transmission.
Luz Garcia-Longoria +7 more
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North American House Sparrows Are Competent for Usutu Virus Transmission [PDF]
mSphere, 2022 Usutu virus (USUV, Flaviviridae) is an emerging mosquito-borne virus that has been implicated in neuroinvasive disease in humans and epizootic deaths in wild birds. USUV is maintained in an enzootic cycle between ornithophilic mosquitoes, primarily Culex
Sarah C. Kuchinsky +9 more
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Porcine Deltacoronavirus-Related Viruses in House Sparrows [PDF]
VirusesPorcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is an emerging enteric pathogen in pigs and a newly recognized zoonotic coronavirus in humans. Genetic analyses suggest that PDCoV originated from avian deltacoronaviruses, with sparrow deltacoronaviruses (SpDCoVs) being ...
Daoqun Li +8 more
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Supplementary feeding increases nestling feather corticosterone early in the breeding season in house sparrows. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2017 Several studies on birds have proposed that a lack of invertebrate prey in urbanized areas could be the main cause for generally lower levels of breeding success compared to rural habitats.
Salleh Hudin N +6 more
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Spatial neophobia is still not correlated with object neophobia in wild-caught house sparrows (Passer domesticus) [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceNeophobia, aversive behaviour towards novel objects, foods and environments, is a trait that affects the ability of animals to adapt to new environments and exploit novel resources.
Blake A. Dusang +5 more
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House sparrows’ (Passer domesticus) behaviour in a novel environment is modulated by social context and familiarity in a sex-specific manner [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2018 Background Exploratory behaviour is one of the best-investigated behavioural traits. However, little is known about how differences in familiarity, i.e.
Beniamino Tuliozi +3 more
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Attraction of Culex pipiens to House Sparrows Is Influenced by Host Age but Not Uropygial Gland Secretions [PDF]
Insects, 2018 Culex pipiens serves as the endemic vector of West Nile virus (WNV) in eastern North America, where house sparrows (HOSP, Passer domesticus) serve as a reservoir host. We tested the hypotheses that: (1) Attraction of Cx.
Mary C. Garvin +7 more
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From Africa to Europe: evidence of transmission of a tropical Plasmodium lineage in Spanish populations of house sparrows [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Avian malaria parasites are a highly diverse group that commonly infect birds and have deleterious effects on their hosts. Some parasite lineages are geographically widespread and infect many host species in many regions.
Martina Ferraguti +5 more
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Ecologies, 2022 Animals inhabiting colder climates have a larger body size (Bergmann’s rule) and smaller body extremities (Allen’s rule), which help homeothermic animals to retain heat.
Deepa Dangol +4 more
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