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Effect of predation risk and ectoparasitic louse flies on physiological stress condition of the red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) from Rapa Nui and Salas & Gómez islands

BACKGROUND: Introduced predators at seabird colonies and parasites may have lethal and/or sub-lethal consequences for bird populations. We assessed the potential sub-lethal negative effects of these stressors in a native seabird listed as vulnerable in its south-eastern pacific distribution. This st...

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Autores principales: Luna, Nicolas, Varela, Andrea I., Luna-Jorquera, Guillermo, Brokordt, Katherina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7353918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32714650
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9088

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