Male spotless starlings adjust feeding effort based on egg spots revealing ectoparasite load

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 993-999

  Avilés, Jesús Miguel ^a,b   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^b   Navarro, Carlos ^b   Soler, Juan José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnus hemapterus; egg spot; parasite load; parental care; spotless starling; Sturnus unicolor

Indexed keywords

CLEANING BEHAVIOR; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; PARASITISM; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PERCEPTION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CARNIDAE; CARNUS; CARNUS HEMAPTERUS; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 70349167991     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.020     Document Type: Article

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