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A Bed Bug is Not as Bad Anymore to its Bird Host

scientific article published in 2021

A new form of reproductive parasitism in cliff swallows

scientific article published in Nature

An enzootic vector-borne virus is amplified at epizootic levels by an invasive avian host ⬇️

scientific article published on August 4, 2010

Arbovirus infection is a major determinant of fitness in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) that invade Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) colonies

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 2012

Between-group transmission dynamics of the swallow bug, Oeciacus vicarius.

scientific article published in June 2005

Bird movement predicts Buggy Creek virus infection in insect vectors

scientific article published in January 2007

Chick Recognition in Purple Martins (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae)

Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)

Clutch Size and Reproductive Success of Adult and Subadult Purple Martins

Costs and benefits of late nesting in cliff swallows

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Dispersing hemipteran vectors have reduced arbovirus prevalence

scientific article

Ecological correlates of buggy creek virus infection in Oeciacus vicarius, southwestern Nebraska, 2004.

scientific article published in January 2007

Ecological correlates of group integrity among dispersing cliff swallows

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Ecological divergence of two sympatric lineages of Buggy Creek virus, an arbovirus associated with birds

scientific article published in November 2009

Ectoparasitism as a Cost of Coloniality in Cliff Swallows (Hirundo Pyrrhonota)

article by Charles R. Brown & Mary Bomberger Brown published October 1986 in Ecology

Ectoparasitism shortens the breeding season in a colonial bird

scientific article

Elevated Temperature Reduces Overwintering Survival of an Avian Ectoparasite, the Swallow Bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: <i>Cimex vicarius</i>)

scientific article published in 2022

Experimental inoculation of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) with buggy creek virus

scientific article published in April 2008

Extreme group sizes in a colonial bird favored during a rare climatic event

scientific article published in 2018

Familiarity with breeding habitat improves daily survival in colonial cliff swallows

scientific article

Fluctuating survival selection explains variation in avian group size

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

GROUP SIZE AND SINGING PHENOLOGY OF NORTHERN CARDINALS (CARDINALIS CARDINALIS) VARIES BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL HABITATS

scientific article published on 9 January 2020

Group size and nest spacing affect Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) infection in nestling house sparrows

scientific article

Group-size effects on virus prevalence depend on the presence of an invasive species

scientific article published on 05 July 2021

Heritable choice of colony size in cliff swallows: does experience trump genetics in older birds?

scientific article published on December 2011

Host and vector movement affects genetic diversity and spatial structure of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae).

scientific article published on 25 March 2008

INTENSE NATURAL SELECTION ON BODY SIZE AND WING AND TAIL ASYMMETRY IN CLIFF SWALLOWS DURING SEVERE WEATHER.

scientific article published in October 1998

Immune responses of a native and an invasive bird to Buggy Creek Virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) and its arthropod vector, the swallow bug (Oeciacus vicarius). ⬇️

scientific article

Isolation of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) from field-collected eggs of Oeciacus vicarius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

scientific article (publication date: March 2009)

NONPARAMETRIC ESTIMATION OF NATURAL SELECTION ON A QUANTITATIVE TRAIT USING MARK-RECAPTURE DATA

Natural infection of vertebrate hosts by different lineages of Buggy Creek virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus)

scientific article

No Detectable Insecticide Resistance in Swallow Bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Following Long-Term Exposure to Naled (Dibrom 8).

scientific article published on 19 February 2017

Nonparametric estimation of natural selection on a quantitative trait using mark-recapture data.

scientific article

Nonrandom Weather-Related Mortality in a Purple Martin (Progne subis) Roost

scientific article published in September 2017

Overwintering of infectious Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) in Oeciacus vicarius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) in North Dakota

scientific article published in March 2009

Parasites favour intermediate nestling mass and brood size in cliff swallows.

scientific article published on 30 November 2017

Pathology and virus detection in tissues of nestling house sparrows naturally infected with Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae).

scientific article published in January 2010

Persistence of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus) for two years in unfed swallow bugs (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Oeciacus vicarius)

scientific article

Phylogenetic analysis of Buggy Creek virus: evidence for multiple clades in the Western Great Plains, United States of America

scientific article

Phylogeographical structure and evolutionary history of two Buggy Creek virus lineages in the western Great Plains of North America

scientific article published in September 2008

Prairie dogs increase fitness by killing interspecific competitors.

scientific article published in March 2016

Predation by ants controls swallow bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Oeciacus vicarius) infestations

scientific article published on June 2015

Prevalence and pathology of West Nile virus in naturally infected house sparrows, western Nebraska, 2008.

scientific article

Prevalence of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) in insect vectors increases over time in the presence of an invasive avian host

scientific article

Purple Martins Feeding on Cicadas

scientific article published on 16 February 1981

Recapture heterogeneity in cliff swallows: increased exposure to mist nets leads to net avoidance

scientific article

Seasonal variation and age-related correlates of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae) infection in nestling house sparrows

scientific article

Smaller brained cliff swallows are more likely to die during harsh weather

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Spleen volume varies with colony size and parasite load in a colonial bird

scientific article

Stabilizing selection on body mass in the sociable weaver Philetairus socius

scientific article (publication date: 22 September 2002)

Starling Feeding Purple Martins

scientific article published in 1977

Testosterone and group size in cliff swallows: testing the "challenge hypothesis" in a colonial bird

scientific article published in January 2005

The risk of flawed inference in evolutionary studies when detectability is less than one.

scientific article published in September 2008

Variation in age composition among colony sizes in Cliff Swallows.

scientific article

Variation in neophobia among cliff swallows at different colonies

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Vocalizations of Barn and Cliff Swallows

Where has all the road kill gone?

article by Charles R. Brown & Mary Bomberger Brown published March 2013 in Current Biology

Why come back home? Breeding-site fidelity varies with group size and parasite load in a colonial bird

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Winter ecology of Buggy Creek virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus) in the Central Great Plains

scientific article

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