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Titre :	Low flea loads in birds' nests in tree cavities
Auteurs :	Grzegorz Hebda, Auteur ; Tomasz Wesolowski, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ornis Fennica (89(2) 2012)
Article en page(s) :	139-144
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	High flea (Siphonaptera) loads are typically found in birds' nests in nest boxes. Ten years of observations, involving Marsh Tit Parus palustris, Great Tit Pants major and Blue Tit Pants caeruleus nests in tree cavities in primeval forests of Bialowieza National Park, Eastern Poland, demonstrated that the prevalence of fleas was below 10% of nests and that the intensity of flea infestation was low. Low flea loads may be typical for nests in tree cavities. Therefore, nest-box data about flea-host interactions should not be treated as representative for conditions in natural cavities.

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