Restless roosts: Light pollution affects behavior, sleep, and physiology in a free‐living songbird

JQ Ouyang, M de Jong, RHA van Grunsven… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The natural nighttime environment is increasingly polluted by artificial light. Several studies
have linked artificial light at night to negative impacts on human health. In free‐living …

Molecular characterization of five widespread avian haemosporidian parasites (Haemosporida), with perspectives on the PCR-based detection of haemosporidians in …

G Valkiūnas, V Palinauskas, M Ilgūnas… - Parasitology …, 2014 - Springer
Haemosporidians (Haemosporida) are cosmopolitan in birds. Over 250 species of these
blood parasites have been described and named; however, molecular markers remain …

Avian haemosporidian persistence and co-infection in great tits at the individual level

J Rooyen, F Lalubin, O Glaizot, P Christe - Malaria Journal, 2013 - Springer
Background Many studies have tracked the distribution and persistence of avian
haemosporidian communities across space and time at the population level, but few studies …

A longitudinal study of age‐related changes in Haemoproteus infection in a passerine bird

A Marzal, J Balbontín, M Reviriego, L García‐Longoria… - Oikos, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Blood parasites such as malaria and related haemosporidians commonly infect vertebrate
species including birds. Understanding age‐specific patterns of parasite infections is crucial …

Micro‐and macroparasite species richness in birds: The role of host life history and ecology

JS Gutiérrez, T Piersma… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying the factors shaping variation in parasite diversity among host species is crucial to
understand wildlife diseases. Although micro‐and macroparasites may exert different …

Temporal changes in mosquito abundance (Culex pipiens), avian malaria prevalence and lineage composition

F Lalubin, A Delédevant, O Glaizot, P Christe - Parasites & vectors, 2013 - Springer
Background Knowledge on the temporal dynamics of host/vector/parasite interactions is a
pre-requisite to further address relevant questions in the fields of epidemiology and …

Age-specific haemosporidian infection dynamics and survival in Seychelles warblers

M Hammers, J Komdeur, SA Kingma, K Hutchings… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Parasites may severely impact the fitness and life-history of their hosts. After infection,
surviving individuals may suppress the growth of the parasite, or completely clear the …

Co‐infections by malaria parasites decrease feather growth but not feather quality in house martin

A Marzal, M Asghar, L Rodríguez… - Journal of Avian …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
During moult, stressors such as malaria and related haemosporidian parasites (eg
Plasmodium and Haemoproteus) could affect the growth rate and quality of feathers, which …

Persistence of avian haemosporidians in the wild: a case study to illustrate seasonal infection patterns in relation to host life stages

X Huang, J Jönsson, S Bensch - International Journal for Parasitology, 2020 - Elsevier
Infection patterns of avian haemosporidians result from the evolution of their associations
with hosts, and can be shaped by multiple biotic factors. However, at the level of parasite …

Links between blood parasites, blood chemistry, and the survival of nestling American crows

AK Townsend, SS Wheeler, D Freund… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Many studies have used the avian hemosporidians (Leucocytozoon, Plasmodium, and
Hemoproteus) to test hypotheses of host–parasite co‐evolution, yet documented health and …