Ecology of parasitism of nestling Eurasian eagle-owls (Bubo bubo) by leucocytozoon ziemanni

• Main Authors: Ortego, Joaquín, Espada, Francisco, Baquero, Rocío A.
• Other Authors: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, European Commission
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Raptor Research Foundation 2007
• Subjects: Martínez; eurasian eagle-owl
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282048; https://doi.org/10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[247:EOPONE]2.0.CO;2; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011698

The study of blood parasites in birds has increased in the past two decades as a result of their influence on several components of host fitness and evolution. However, the ecology of the interaction between blood parasites and their hosts is still poorly known. For example, we know relatively littl...