Parasites in hosts with special life histories
One-hundred and forty seven specimens of the Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, 356 individuals of the Crossbill Loxia curvirostra and 79 specimens of the Swift Apus apus were captured on the Curonian Spit in the Baltic Sea and investigated for haematozoa by microscopic examination of stained blood smears. Hae...
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ftlitinstagrecon:oai:elaba:5150185 2023-05-15T14:17:12+02:00 Parasites in hosts with special life histories Parazitai ypatingos biologijos šeimininkuose Valkiūnas, Gediminas Ježova, Tatjana 2001 http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5150185&prefLang=en_US lit eng lit eng http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB5150185&prefLang=en_US Acta zoologica Lituanica, 2001, Vol. 11, nr. 4, p. 391-394 ISSN 1392-1657 Haematozoa Haemoproteus Leucocytozoon Host-parasite interaction Evolution Apus apus Cuculus canorus Loxia curvirostra info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2001 ftlitinstagrecon 2021-12-02T01:04:51Z One-hundred and forty seven specimens of the Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, 356 individuals of the Crossbill Loxia curvirostra and 79 specimens of the Swift Apus apus were captured on the Curonian Spit in the Baltic Sea and investigated for haematozoa by microscopic examination of stained blood smears. Haemosporidian parasites (Sporozoa, Haemosporida) were not recorded in the Cuckoo and the Swift. However, in juvenile Crossbills the prevalence of Haemoproteus tartakovskyi (9.0%), H. fringillae (2.8%), Leucocytozoon fringillinarum (15.5%), L. dubreuili (5.1%) and L. majoris (3.9%) was recorded. Special life histories protect birds from getting infected with haemosporidian parasites either completely or at least during the first months of their life when they are especially vulnerable to parasitic infections. Hence this advantage is likely to have contributed to the evolution of special animal life histories. Parasites in hosts with special life histories provide excellent natural "experiments" enabling to solve some intricate puzzles of ecological parasitology by relatively simple and inexpensive methods. Article in Journal/Newspaper Apus apus LAEI VL (Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics Virtual Library) |
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Haematozoa Haemoproteus Leucocytozoon Host-parasite interaction Evolution Apus apus Cuculus canorus Loxia curvirostra |
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Haematozoa Haemoproteus Leucocytozoon Host-parasite interaction Evolution Apus apus Cuculus canorus Loxia curvirostra Valkiūnas, Gediminas Ježova, Tatjana Parasites in hosts with special life histories |
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Haematozoa Haemoproteus Leucocytozoon Host-parasite interaction Evolution Apus apus Cuculus canorus Loxia curvirostra |
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One-hundred and forty seven specimens of the Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, 356 individuals of the Crossbill Loxia curvirostra and 79 specimens of the Swift Apus apus were captured on the Curonian Spit in the Baltic Sea and investigated for haematozoa by microscopic examination of stained blood smears. Haemosporidian parasites (Sporozoa, Haemosporida) were not recorded in the Cuckoo and the Swift. However, in juvenile Crossbills the prevalence of Haemoproteus tartakovskyi (9.0%), H. fringillae (2.8%), Leucocytozoon fringillinarum (15.5%), L. dubreuili (5.1%) and L. majoris (3.9%) was recorded. Special life histories protect birds from getting infected with haemosporidian parasites either completely or at least during the first months of their life when they are especially vulnerable to parasitic infections. Hence this advantage is likely to have contributed to the evolution of special animal life histories. Parasites in hosts with special life histories provide excellent natural "experiments" enabling to solve some intricate puzzles of ecological parasitology by relatively simple and inexpensive methods. |
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Valkiūnas, Gediminas Ježova, Tatjana |
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Valkiūnas, Gediminas Ježova, Tatjana |
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Valkiūnas, Gediminas |
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Parasites in hosts with special life histories |
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Parasites in hosts with special life histories |
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Parasites in hosts with special life histories |
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Parasites in hosts with special life histories |
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Parasites in hosts with special life histories |
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parasites in hosts with special life histories |
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Apus apus |
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Acta zoologica Lituanica, 2001, Vol. 11, nr. 4, p. 391-394 ISSN 1392-1657 |
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