A dynamic threshold model for terminal investment

KR Duffield, EK Bowers, SK Sakaluk… - Behavioral ecology and …, 2017 - Springer
Although reproductive strategies can be influenced by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic
factors, life history theory provides a rigorous framework for explaining variation in …

Dynamics of prevalence and distribution pattern of avian Plasmodium species and its vectors in diverse zoogeographical areas-A review

L Nourani, S Zakeri, ND Djadid - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2020 - Elsevier
Avian Plasmodium is of special interest to health care scientists and veterinarians due to the
potency of causing avian malaria in non-adapted birds and their evolutionary phylogenetic …

A non-invasive feather-based methodology for the detection of blood parasites (Haemosporida)

M González-Olvera, A Hernandez-Colina… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Blood parasite (haemosporidian) infections are conventionally detected using blood
samples; this implies capturing and handling birds to obtain them, which induces stress and …

Large-scale disease patterns explained by climatic seasonality and host traits

A Filion, A Eriksson, F Jorge, CN Niebuhr, R Poulin - Oecologia, 2020 - Springer
Understanding factors affecting the distribution of vector-borne diseases in space and
across species is of prime importance to conservation ecologists. Identifying the underlying …

[图书][B] The blue tit

M Stenning - 2018 - books.google.com
Sporting a mix of blue, yellow, white, green and black, the unmistakable Blue Tit reflects the
colours of a planet affected by a burgeoning human population. Fortunately, Blue Tits are …

Age-dependent variation in the terminal investment threshold in male crickets

KR Duffield, KJ Hampton, TM Houslay, J Hunt… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The terminal investment hypothesis proposes that decreased expectation of future
reproduction (eg, arising from a threat to survival) should precipitate increased investment in …

Opposed elevational variation in prevalence and intensity of endoparasites and their vectors in a lizard

L Álvarez-Ruiz, R Megía-Palma, S Reguera… - Current …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Studying the causes of parasite geographic distribution is relevant to understand ecological
and evolutionary processes that affect host populations as well as for species conservation …

Avian haemosporidians of breeding birds in the Davis Mountains sky-islands of west Texas, USA

V Martinez, KD Keith, JK Grace, G Voelker - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Avian haemosporidians are protozoan parasites transmitted by insect vectors that infect
birds worldwide, negatively impacting avian fitness and survival. However, the majority of …

Physiological and Ecological Correlates of the Cellular and Humoral Innate Immune Responses in an Insular Desert Bat: The Fish-Eating Myotis (Myotis vivesi)

A Otálora-Ardila, JJ Flores-Martínez, C Rosales… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
The immune response is affected by aridity, but it has been rarely examined in desert-
dwelling bats. For two consecutive years, we examined the seasonal variation in the innate …

Avian malaria in a boreal resident species: long-term temporal variability, and increased prevalence in birds with avian keratin disorder

LC Wilkinson, CM Handel, C Van Hemert… - International Journal for …, 2016 - Elsevier
The prevalence of vector-borne parasitic diseases is widely influenced by biological and
ecological factors. Environmental conditions such as temperature and precipitation can have …