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Erin L. O'Brien, Auteur ; Brian L. Morrison, Auteur ; L. Scott Johnson, AuteurWe compared haematocrits and blood haemoglobin concentrations of nestling House Wrens Troglodytes aedon in nests with relatively large numbers of haematophagous larvae of the blow fly Protocalliphora parorum (> 6.4 large larvae/nestling) and nes[...]
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Erin L. O'Brien, Auteur ; Russell D. Dawson, AuteurVertebrate hosts differ in their level of parasite susceptibility and infestation. In avian broods, variation in susceptibility of nestlings to ectoparasites may be associated with non-uniform distributions of parasites among brood mates, with p[...]
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Erin L. O'Brien, Auteur ; Russell D. Dawson, AuteurMany birds have been shown to reduce their reproductive investment in response to infestation of nest sites by ectoparasites. Nest-dwelling parasite populations increase throughout the breeding season, and can reduce the condition and future sur[...]
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Russell D. Dawson, Auteur ; Erin L. O'Brien, Auteur ; Theodore J. Mlynowski, AuteurMany species of birds line their nests with feathers, and it has been hypothesized that this functions to provide a thermally stable microenvironment for the development of eggs and nestlings. Feathers in the nest may also function as a mechanis[...]
