Philornis downsi parasitism is the primary cause of nestling mortality in the critically endangered Darwin’s medium tree finch (Camarhynchus pauper)

2009/11/10 by Jody A. O’Connor, Frank J. Sulloway, Jeremy Robertson +1 · 119 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Immunology and Microbiology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biodiversity #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Critically endangered #Ecology #Endangered species #Finch #Habitat #Host (biology) #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions #Parasitism #Predation #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s10531-009-9740-1

published in Biodiversity and Conservation 19(3), 853-866 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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Citations

• Parasitology Meets Ecology on Its Own Terms: Margolis et al. Revisited
• Holocene vertebrate fossils from Isla Floreana, Galápagos

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