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Atypical behavior of a black fly species connects cavity-nesting birds with generalist blood parasites in an arid area of Spain
BACKGROUND: The feeding behavior of bloodsucking insects determines the transmission, distribution, host spectrum and evolution of blood parasites in the wild. Conventional wisdom suggests that some vector groups (e.g. black flies, family Simuliidae) are consistently exophagous daytime biters. We ai...
Autores principales: | Chakarov, Nayden, Veiga, Jesús, Ruiz-Arrondo, Ignacio, Valera, Francisco |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8173925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34082829 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04798-z |
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