Effects of Protocalliphora parasites on nestling food composition in Corsican Blue Tits Parus caeruleus: Consequences for nestling performance

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-103

  Bańbura, Jerzy ^a,b   Perret, Philippe ^b   Blondel, Jacques ^b   Thomas, Donald W ^c   Cartan Son, Mireille ^b   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blue Tit; Compensation; Diet; Ectoparasite; Food composition; Nestling performance; Parental care; Parus caeruleus; Protocalliphora

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROVISIONING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE;

AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PROTOCALLIPHORA;

EID: 12244291968     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.039.0206     Document Type: Article

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