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Breeding status, contaminant burden and helminth parasites of Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis from the Canadian high Arctic

Mark L. Mallory, Auteur ; J. Daniel McLaughlin, Auteur ; Mark R. Forbes, Auteur

Dans Ibis (149(2) APR 2007)

We studied the relationship between contaminant concentrations in livers, endohelminth prevalence and physiological indices of chronic stress (spleen size, heterophil/lymphocyte ratios) in Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis collected during the[...]

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Effects of agricultural landscape and pesticides on parasitism in native bullfrogs

Kayla C. King, Auteur ; J. Daniel McLaughlin, Auteur ; Monique Boily, Auteur ; David J. Marcogliese, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (143(2) FEB 2010)

Native amphibian populations are shrinking worldwide, and both parasitic infections and environmental stress from agriculture have been implicated. We investigated the principal hypothesis that environmental by-products of agricultural activity [...]

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Male-biased parasitism by common helminths is not explained by sex differences in body size or spleen mass of breeding cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus

Stacey A. Robinson, Auteur ; Mark R. Forbes, Auteur ; Craig E. Hebert, Auteur ; J. Daniel McLaughlin, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (39(3) MAY 2008)

In vertebrates, males are often more parasitised than conspecific females. This bias in parasitism might result from sex differences in parasite exposure and/or susceptibility to infection. Such information is important for testing hypotheses ab[...]

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