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Do Orientation-Based Differences in Nestbox Temperature Cause Differential Ectoparasite Load and Explain Patterns of Nest-Site Selection and Offspring Condition in Great Tits?

International Journal of Zoology, 2011
Nest ectoparasites have been linked previously to patterns of nest-site choice and breeding success in birds. Recent research has shown nestboxes facing south-southwest are occupied less frequently by great tits (Parus major) than identical boxes facing ...
Anne E. Goodenough, Simon L. Elliot, Adam G. Hart   +2 more
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Feather holes of rock ptarmigan are associated with amblyceran chewing lice [PDF]

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2017, Issue SP1, Page 1-8, 2017., 2017
Feather holes have traditionally been suggested to be feeding traces of chewing lice (mallophagans). There is controversy whether mallophagans are the real source of feather holes.
Nielsen, Ólafur K., Skirnisson, Karl, Stefansson, Gunnar, Stenkewitz, Ute   +3 more
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Patterns of host-parasite associations in tropical lice and their passerine hosts in Cameroon. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2020
Associations of lice and their avian hosts in the tropical rainforests of Cameroon are predominantly shaped by host switching. Despite the general incongruence between parasite and host phylogenies, the significant correlation between host and parasite phylogenetic distances suggests the prevalence of host switching to closely related hosts.
Gajdošová M, Sychra O, Kreisinger J, Sedláček O, Nana ED, Albrecht T, Munclinger P.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

First report of trichodectes melis (phthiraptera, trichodectidae) from the eurasian badger meles canescens (carnivora, mustelidae) in turkey [PDF]

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
The study was performed to first report Trichodectes melis in Turkey. Research material was obtained from one female Eurasian badger brought to the Kafkas University, Wildlife Conservation, Recovery, Rehabilitation Research and Application Center.
Gencay Taşkın TAŞÇI, Ekin Emre ERKILIÇ, Nilgün PARMAKSIZOĞLU AYDIN, Erdoğan UZLU   +3 more
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Contrasting seasonal patterns in diet and dung‐associated invertebrates of feral cattle and horses in a rewilding area

Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 8, Page 2071-2091, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Trophic rewilding is increasingly applied in restoration efforts, with the aim of reintroducing the ecological functions provided by large‐bodied mammals and thereby promote self‐regulating, biodiverse ecosystems. However, empirical evidence for the effects of megafauna introductions on the abundance and richness of other organisms such as ...
Emil Ellegaard Thomassen, Eva Egelyng Sigsgaard, Mads Reinholdt Jensen, Kent Olsen, Morten D. D. Hansen, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Philip Francis Thomsen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A unique case of commensalism: The beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris (Leiodidae, Coleoptera) and its morphological adaptations

Journal of Morphology, Volume 284, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
We document in detail the morphology of adults of the beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris with modern techniques, and interpret evolutionary changes linked with the specific life style of the beetle in the fur of the beaver. Platypsyllus displays numerous structural specializations which ensure mechanical stabilization, firm anchorage on the host, and ...
Margarita I. Yavorskaya, Paweł Jałoszyński, Rolf G. Beutel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hitchhiking into the future on a fly: Toward a better understanding of phoresy and avian louse evolution (Phthiraptera) by screening bird carcasses for phoretic lice on hippoboscid flies (Diptera)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 420-429, July 2022., 2022
Based on 254 published records, we use species interaction networks to illustrate what is known about avian louse hitchhiking on hippoboscid flies. We then propose a protocol for obtaining new records by finding flies carrying lice on bird carcasses followed by species‐level sorting of all flies and lice with cost‐effective NGS barcodes.
Leshon Lee, David J. X. Tan, Jozef Oboňa, Daniel R. Gustafsson, Yuchen Ang, Rudolf Meier   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasitological survey of coastal birds from the Magellanic coast, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022
Ecto and endoparasites of four species of coastal birds, Haematopus ater, Larus dominicanus, Leucophaeus scoresbii (Charadriiformes), and Lophonetta specularioides (Anseriformes), are reported from Puerto Deseado on the Patagonian coast, Argentina.
CARMEN GILARDONI, ELIANA LORENTI, JULIA I. DIAZ, SOLEDAD LEONARDI, FLORENCIA CREMONTE   +4 more
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Evolution of the <i>Neopsylla hongyangensis</i> Mitogenome: Insights Into the Mitogenomic Evolution of the Orders Siphonaptera and the Phthiraptera. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The Neopsylla hongyangensis is an important medical insect that transmits plague. We sequenced the mitogenome of N. hongyangensis and constructed a phylogenetic tree for the order Siphonaptera. In addition, we explored the mitogenomic evolution of the orders Siphonaptera and Phthiraptera, which both belong to the class Insects, on warm‐blooded animals ...
Lin X, Pu J, Dong W.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Data incongruence and the problem of avian louse phylogeny [PDF]

, 2004
Recent studies based on different types of data (i.e. morphological and molecular) have supported conflicting phylogenies for the genera of avian feather lice (Ischnocera: Phthiraptera).
Archie J. W., Bandelt H.-J., Blagoveshtchenskii D. I., Bremer K., Choe J. C., Clay T., Clayton D. H., Clayton D. H., Corpet F., Cunningham C. W., Danforth B. N., Darlu P., Eichler W. D., Emerson K. C., Estabrook G. F., Faith D. P., Felsenstein J., Hafner M. S., Hafner M. S., Hillis D. M., Hillis D. M., Hopkins G. H. E., Huelsenbeck J. P., Johnson K. P., Johnson K. P., Jow H., Kallersjo M., Kellogg V. L., Kluge A. G., Konigsmann E., Lockhart P. J., Lockhart P. J., Lopez P., Loye J. E., Lyal C. H. C., Maddison W. P., Meacham C. A., Mey E., Mey E., Page R. D. M., Page R. D. M., Page R. D. M., Palma R. L., Price R. D., Rambaut A., Reed D. L., Rozsa L., Rzhetsky A., Simon C., Swofford D. L., Wheeler W. C., Wilkinson M., Zharkikh A.   +52 more
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