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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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Published in:R Soc Open Sci
Main Authors: Brown, Charles R., Brown, Mary Bomberger
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society Publishing 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448812/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26064606
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.140508
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