TY - JOUR 
A1 - Sáez Ventura, Ángeles
AU - López Montoya, Antonio J.
AU - Luna Fernández, Álvaro
AU - Romero Vidal, Pedro
AU - Palma, Antonio
AU - Tella, José L.
AU - Carrete, Martina
AU - Liébanas, Gracia M.
AU - Pérez, Jesús M.
T1 - Drivers of the Ectoparasite Community and Co-Infection Patterns in Rural and Urban Burrowing Owls
Y1 - 2022
SN - 2079-7737
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/11778
AB - We analyzed the ectoparasite community of a monomorphic and non-social bird, the burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, breeding in rural and urban habitats. Such community was composed by two lice, one mite and one flea species. Rural individuals had more fleas and less mites than urban ones. Adult birds harbored less ectoparasites than young ones and females harbored more lice than males. The presence of lice was positively related to the presence of fleas. On the contrary, the presence of mites was negatively related to the presence of fleas and lice. The study of parasite communities in urban and rural populations of the same species can shed light on how urban stressor factors impact the physiology of wildlife inhabiting cities and, therefore, the host-parasite relationships.
KW - Interacciones huésped-parásitos
KW - Zoología
KW - Ave
KW - Parasitología
LA - eng
ER -