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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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Autores principales: Brown, Charles R., Brown, Mary Bomberger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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