In the past 25 years, studies on interactions between chewing lice and their bird hosts have
increased notably. This body of work reveals that sampling of live avian hosts, collection of …

Parasitism and competition are both ubiquitous interactions in ecological communities. The
ability of host species to interact directly via competition and indirectly through shared …

Steroid hormones play critical organizational and activational roles during vertebrate
development, impacting everything from sexual differentiation to metabolic activity. For …

Greece represents an important area for wild birds due to its geographical position and
habitat diversity. Although the bird species in Greece are well recorded, the information …

Specimens of five species of woodpeckers (Piciformes: Picidae) from Manitoba, Canada,
were weighed and examined for chewing lice, 1998–2015: downy woodpecker (Picoides …

Many groups of parasites lack basic information on biodiversity and host associations, which
poses challenges for conservation and understanding the ecological relationships between …

Measures of parasitism often differ between hosts. This variation is thought due in part to
age or sex differences in exposure to parasites and/or susceptibility to parasitism. We …

The prevalence, number of species, and individual numbers of chewing lice found on birds
may vary depending on different biotic and abiotic factors. Studies detecting the effects of …

Specimens (n= 508) of eight species of owl (Aves: Strigiformes) collected from 1994 to 2017
in Manitoba, Canada, were weighed and examined for chewing lice (Phthiraptera …

Patterns of prevalence in chewing lice (Phthiraptera) on wild birds are poorly known, as are
the underlying factors that influence these patterns. Here, we analyze a data set consisting …