parasites Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

The impact of DDT on Spanish Blackbirds

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2024-01-29T10:25:12+00:0011 Jan 2024|habitat degradation, insecticide, invertebrates, non-invasive sampling, parasites, Urban birds|

Birds in natural areas are exposed to more pesticides

Exposure to parasites in agroecosystems

By Martín Frixione|2023-06-11T18:55:30+00:0012 Jun 2023|avian biology, feathers, fieldwork, natural history, parasites, raptors|

Attracted by agroecosystems: Benefits of and threats to resident and migratory American Kestrels in Baja California peninsula

Reed management influences breeding performance of Common Cuckoos

By Thomas Mérő|2023-03-03T13:49:08+00:006 Mar 2023|Breeding, brood parasitism, community ecology, Cuckoos, ecology, fieldwork, habitat, habitat selection, land management, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines, wetlands|

Characteristics of habitats occupied by hosts influences survival of unwanted brood parasite youngsters

Can nest reuse be risky?

By Thomas Mérő|2023-01-23T10:42:19+00:0023 Jan 2023|annual cycle, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, brood parasitism, cavity nesting, fieldwork, fledglings, natural history, nest predation, nesting, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Rare observations of nest-reuse in an open-cup nesting European passerine

The ecology of avian blood parasites

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-03-19T13:17:00+00:0024 Mar 2022|avian malaria, bird assemblages, disease, forest birds, Himalayan birds, parasites|

Mapping the distribution of parasites across Himalayan bird species.

Impacts of parasitic flies on nestlings

By Exequiel Gonzalez|2022-02-14T11:17:57+00:0014 Feb 2022|avian biology, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, fledgling survival, invertebrates, nestling growth, nestling survival, nestlings, parasites, parasitism, passerines|

Addressing how the nestlings of three species that differ in body size are affected

Avian malaria and the Society Islands

By Ashley Sendell-Price|2021-06-02T07:35:54+00:0024 May 2021|avian malaria, island birds, parasites|

Assessing the prevalence and distribution of Plasmodium and Haemoproteus within the introduced avifauna of French Polynesia

High-elevation environment selects high immune gene diversity

By Mridula Nandakumar|2021-02-26T09:50:54+00:001 Mar 2021|genetic diversity, Genetics, Himalayan birds, parasites, selection|

Focussing on genetic diversity in two Himalayan passerines answers questions of immune adaptability in the wild

Blood parasites in the Blue-crowned Manakin

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-09-23T10:10:41+00:0013 Jun 2019|corticosterone, News, parasites, tropical birds|

Can levels of the hormone corticosterone predict parasite infections in this tropical bird?

Embryo development and blood parasites

By Vincenzo Ellis|2021-03-03T15:50:07+00:002 Jul 2018|avian malaria, incubation, parasites|

Slow embryo development is associated with increased resistance to blood parasites