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A Sarcocystid misidentified as Hepatozoon didelphydis: molecular data from a parasitic infection in the blood of the Southern mouse opossum (Thylamys elegans) from Chile.

scientific article

A new pentastomid from the black vulture

scientific article

A redescription ofNeophilopterus tricolor(Burmeister, 1838) (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from the black storkCiconia nigra(L.) (Aves) with notes on its prevalence

scientific article published in 2005

A restriction site to differentiate Plasmodium and Haemoproteus infections in birds: on the inefficiency of general primers for detection of mixed infections.

scientific article

A simple trapping method to estimate abundances of blood-sucking flying insects in avian nests

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A structural colour ornament correlates positively with parasite load and body condition in an insular lizard species

scientific article published on 4 June 2016

Ageing and reproduction: antioxidant supplementation alleviates telomere loss in wild birds.

scientific article published on 28 March 2015

Ardeola, a Scientific Journal of Ornithology: Cooperative Survivorship within the Red Queen Game

article by Mario Díaz et al published June 2016 in Ardeola

Are avian blood parasites pathogenic in the wild? A medication experiment in blue tits (Parus caeruleus).

scientific article published in December 2000

Are eggshell spottiness and colour indicators of health and condition in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus?

article

Are multiple gametocyte infections in malarial parasites an adaptation to ensure fertility?

scientific article published in January 2006

Arrival date and territorial behavior are associated with corticosterone metabolite levels in a migratory bird

article by Elisa Lobato et al published 13 January 2010 in Journal of Ornithology

Assessing the effects of climate on host-parasite interactions: a comparative study of European birds and their parasites.

scientific article

Associations among MHC genes, latitude, and avian malaria infections in the rufous‐collared sparrow (<i>Zonotrichia capensis</i>)

Associations between immune parameters, parasitism, and stress in breeding pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) females

scientific article published in 2004

Babesia bennetti n. sp. from the Yellow-Legged Gull (Larus cachinnans, Aves, Laridae) on Benidorm Island, Mediterranean Sea

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

Blood parasites in noddies and boobies from Brazilian offshore islands - differences between species and influence of nesting habitat.

scientific article

Blood parasites of passerine birds from central Spain. ⬇️

scientific article published in July 1997

Blood stress protein levels in relation to sex and parasitism of barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

scientific article published in January 2002

Blue-Green Eggs in Pied Flycatchers: An Experimental Demonstration that a Supernormal Stimulus Elicits Improved Nestling Condition

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Breeding Biology of the Southern House Wren on Chiloé Island, Southern Chile

scientific article published in September 2012

Breeding group size, nest position and breeding success in the chinstrap penguin

Can the host immune system promote multiple invasions of erythrocytes in vivo? Differential effects of medication and host sex in a wild malaria-like model.

scientific article published on 4 December 2006

Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes?

scientific article

Carotenoid-based plumage colouration is associated with blood parasite richness and stress protein levels in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus).

scientific article published on 25 November 2009

Cathaemasia hians (Trematoda: Cathaemasiidae) infecting black stork nestlings (Ciconia nigra) from central Spain

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

Changes in Haemoproteus sex ratios: fertility insurance or differential sex lifespan?

scientific article published in August 2004

Characterization of MHC-I in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) reveals low levels of genetic diversity and trans-population evolution across European populations

scientific article

Climate change and fitness components of a migratory bird breeding in the Mediterranean region

article by JUAN JOSE SANZ et al published March 2003 in Global Change Biology

Clutch size and egg volume in great tits (Parus major) increase under low intensity electromagnetic fields: A long-term field study ⬇️

scientific article published on August 3, 2012

Clutch size and haemoparasite species richness in adult and nestling blue tits

scientific article published in January 2004

Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

scientific article published in 2014

Colour change in a structural ornament is related to individual quality, parasites and mating patterns in the blue tit.

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Corticosterone metabolites in blue tit and pied flycatcher droppings: effects of brood size, ectoparasites and temperature

scientific article published on 7 November 2007

Daily energy expenditure and cell-mediated immunity in pied flycatchers while feeding nestlings: interaction with moult

scientific article published on 24 August 2001

Determinants of abundance and effects of blood-sucking flying insects in the nest of a hole-nesting bird

scientific article published in May 2008

Determinants of distribution and prevalence of avian malaria in blue tit populations across Europe: separating host and parasite effects

scientific article published on 4 July 2011

Do secretions from the uropygial gland of birds attract biting midges and black flies?

scientific article (publication date: December 2011)

Does clutch size evolve in response to parasites and immunocompetence?

scientific article

Does weather affect biting fly abundance in avian nests?

article by Josué Martínez-de la Puente et al published November 2009 in Journal of Avian Biology

Ectoparasite Effects on Nestling European Storm-Petrels

article by Santiago Merino et al published 1999 in Waterbirds

Effects of parental effort on blood stress protein HSP60 and immunoglobulins in female blue tits: a brood size manipulation experiment.

scientific article published in September 2006

Effects of spatial and host variables on hematozoa in white-crowned sparrows wintering in Baja California ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2001

Eggshell pigmentation in the blue tit: male quality matters

scientific article published in 2017

Environmental and genetic variation in the haematocrit of fledgling pied flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Erythrocytic abnormalities in three Antarctic penguin species along the Antarctic Peninsula: biomonitoring of genomic damage

scientific article published on 11 March 2015

Evidence for the signaling function of egg color in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

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Experimental evidence for the role of calcium in eggshell pigmentation pattern and breeding performance in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus

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Experimental evidence that egg color indicates female condition at laying in a songbird

article

Experimental manipulation of cavity temperature produces differential effects on parasite abundances in blue tit nests at two different latitudes

publication published on 22 March 2021

Experimental manipulation of temperature reduce ectoparasites in nests of blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Factors affecting Culicoides species composition and abundance in avian nests.

scientific article

Female-female competition is influenced by forehead patch expression in pied flycatcher females

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First molecular characterization of a Hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) infecting birds and description of a new species infecting storm petrels (Aves: Hydrobatidae)

scientific article published on 28 January 2014

First molecular characterization of a Hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) infecting birds and description of a new species infecting storm petrels (Aves: Hydrobatidae).

scientific article

Geographic variation in the immunoglobulin levels in pygoscelid penguins

Growth, nutrition, and blow fly parasitism in nestling Pied Flycatchers

article by Santiago Merino & Jaime Potti published 1998 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Habitat effects on physiological stress response in nestling blue tits are mediated through parasitism.

scientific article published in March 2008

Hemoparasites and immunological parameters in Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) nestlings

Hemosporidian blood parasites in seabirds--a comparative genetic study of species from Antarctic to tropical habitats

scientific article published on 23 July 2010

Heritability estimates and maternal effects on tarsus length in pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca

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Host-parasite interactions under extreme climatic conditions

scientific article published in June 2011

Immune defense and host sociality: a comparative study of swallows and martins

scientific article published on 01 August 2001

Increase in a heat-shock protein from blood cells in response of nestling house martins (Delichon urbica) to parasitism: an experimental approach.

scientific article

Indicators of physiological stress and the elaboration of sexual traits in the collared flycatcher

article published in 2006

Individual Quality and Extra-Pair Paternity in the Blue Tit: Sexy Males Bear the Costs

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Infection by Haemoproteus parasites in four species of frigatebirds and the description of a new species of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae)

scientific article

Interacting effects of aromatic plants and female age on nest-dwelling ectoparasites and blood-sucking flies in avian nests.

scientific article published on 25 February 2012

Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

scientific article

Interactions between hemoparasite status and female age in the primary reproductive output of pied flycatchers

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds.

scientific article

Leucocytes in adult burrowing parrots Cyanoliseus patagonus in the wild: variation between contrasting breeding seasons, gender, and individual condition

MHC class II B diversity in blue tits: a preliminary study

scientific article published on 21 May 2013

MHC-I provides both quantitative resistance and susceptibility to blood parasites in blue tits in the wild

article published in 2016

Male nest‐building activity influences clutch mass in Pied FlycatchersFicedula hypoleuca

Manipulation of parasite load induces significant changes in the structural-based throat color of male iberian green lizards

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Maternal clutch reduction in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca: an undescribed clutch size adjustment mechanism

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Maternal effort mediates the prevalence of trypanosomes in the offspring of a passerine bird.

scientific article published on June 1996

Maternal energy expenditure does not change with flight costs or food availability in the pied flycatcher ( Ficedula hypoleuca ): costs and benefits for nestlings

scientific article published in 1999

Molecular characterisation of haemoparasites in forest birds from Robinson Crusoe Island: Is the Austral Thrush a potential threat to endemic birds?

Molecular characterization of haemococcidia genusSchellackia(Apicomplexa) reveals the polyphyletic origin of the family Lankesterellidae

scientific article published in 2014

Molecular characterization of the 18S rDNA gene of an avian Hepatozoon reveals that it is closely related to Lankesterella.

scientific article published in December 2006

Molecular evidence for host-parasite co-speciation between lizards and Schellackia parasites

scientific article published on 5 May 2018

Monophyly of marsupial intraerythrocytic apicomplexan parasites from South America and Australia

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More colourful eggs induce a higher relative paternal investment in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca: a cross-fostering experiment

Multiple color patches and parasites in Sceloporus occidentalis: differential relationships by sex and infection

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Nest Construction Rate and Stress in Female Pied FlycatchersFicedula hypoleuca

Nest Gasses as a Potential Attraction Cue for Biting Flying Insects and Other Ectoparasites of Cavity Nesting Birds

scientific article published on 5 August 2020

Nest ectoparasites increase physiological stress in breeding birds: an experiment ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Nest size and aromatic plants in the nest as sexually selected female traits in blue tits

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Nest-climatic factors affect the abundance of biting flies and their effects on nestling condition

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Nest-dwelling ectoparasites of two sympatric hole-nesting passerines in relation to nest composition: An experimental study

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New data on epizootiology and genetics of piroplasms based on sequences of small ribosomal subunit and cytochrome b genes.

scientific article

On the heritability of blue-green eggshell coloration

scientific article published on 5 July 2010

On the specificity of avian blood parasites: revealing specific and generalist relationships between haemosporidians and biting midges.

scientific article

Parental Energy Expenditure and Offspring Size in the Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

scientific article published in 1997

Paternity Loss in Relation to Male Age, Territorial Behaviour and Stress in the Pied Flycatcher

Phylogenetic analyses reveal that Schellackia parasites (Apicomplexa) detected in American lizards are closely related to the genus Lankesterella: is the range of Schellackia restricted to the Old World?

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rRNA gene sequences of Schellackia parasites (Apicomplexa: Lankesterellidae) reveals their close relationship to the genus Eimeria

scientific article published on 4 June 2013

Phylogenetic relationships of Isospora, Lankesterella, and Caryospora species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting lizards

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Phylogeny of the reptilian Eimeria: are Choleoeimeria and Acroeimeria valid generic names?

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Physiological and haematological consequences of a novel parasite on the red-rumped swallow Hirundo daurica

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Phytohaemagglutinin injection assay and physiological stress in nestling house martins

scientific article published on 01 July 1999

Population variability in heat shock proteins among three Antarctic penguin species

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Pre-laying nutrition mediates maternal effects on offspring immune capacity and growth in the pied flycatcher.

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

Prevalence of blood parasites in seabirds - a review ⬇️

scientific article published on October 31, 2011

Pulchrosoma pulchrosoma (Trematoda: Cathaemasiidae) in Ringed kingfishers ( Megaceryle torquata torquata ) from Iquitos, Peru: with inferences on life-cycle features

Pulchrosoma pulchrosoma (Trematoda: Cathaemasiidae) in ringed kingfishers (Megaceryle torquata torquata) from Iquitos, Peru: with inferences on life-cycle features

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Sexual selection and tail streamers in the barn swallow

scientific article published in 1998

Testing a New Method for Reducing Ectoparasite Infestation in Nest-Boxes

Testing the use of a citronella-based repellent as an effective method to reduce the prevalence and abundance of biting flies in avian nests.

scientific article

The blood parasite Haemoproteus reduces survival in a wild bird: a medication experiment.

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The prevalence and molecular characterisation of blood parasites infecting the vulnerable Tamarugo Conebill (Conirostrum tamarugense) and other birds in the Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile

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Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds.

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Vector abundance determines Trypanosoma prevalence in nestling blue tits

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

Weather dependent effects of nest ectoparasites on their bird hosts

scientific article published in 1996

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