Nest ectoparasites increase physiological stress in breeding birds: An experiment

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Martínez De La Puente, Josué ^f   Merino, Santiago ^a   Tomás, Gustavo ^b   Moreno, Juan ^a   Morales, Judith ^c   Lobato, Elisa ^d   Martínez, Javier ^e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Birds; Biting midge Culicoides; Parasitism; Physiological costs

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PRIMAQUINE;

ADULT; BREEDING SEASON; ECTOPARASITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLY; FUMIGATION; HEAT SHOCK; HEMOPARASITE; PASSERINE; PERMETHRIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; INSECT BITE; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHAPERONIN 60; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOSPORIDA; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTICIDES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PERMETHRIN; PRIMAQUINE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ACARI; AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 79953856846     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0746-z     Document Type: Article

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