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Ectoparasitism shortens the breeding season in a colonial bird
When blood-feeding parasites increase seasonally, their deleterious effects may prevent some host species, especially those living in large groups where parasites are numerous, from reproducing later in the summer. Yet the role of parasites in regulating the length of a host's breeding season—a...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448812/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064606 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140508 |