Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes?

• Published in: Parasites & Vectors
• Main Authors: Masello, Juan, Martínez, Javier, Calderón, Luciano, Wink, Michael, Quillfeldt, Petra, Sanz, Virginia, Theuerkauf, Jörn, Ortiz-Catedral, Luis, Berkunsky, Igor, Brunton, Dianne, Díaz-Luque, José A., Hauber, Mark E., Ojeda, Valeria, Barnaud, Antoine, Casalins, Laura, Jackson, Bethany, Mijares, Alfredo, Rosales, Romel, Seixas, Gláucia, Serafini, Patricia, Silva-Iturriza, Adriana, Sipinski, Elenise, Vásquez, Rodrigo A., Widmann, Peter, Widmann, Indira, Merino, Santiago
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2018
• Subjects: Calderón; Martínez; Avian Studies
• Online Access: https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2984252

Masello J, Martínez J, Calderón L, et al. Can the intake of antiparasitic secondary metabolites explain the low prevalence of hemoparasites among wild Psittaciformes? Parasites & Vectors . 2018;11(1): 357. Background Parasites can exert selection pressure on their hosts through effects on surviv...