Geographical variation in blood parasites in feral pigeons: the role of vectors.

By D. Sol, R. Jovani, J. Torres. 2000

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Haematozoan Parasites and Migratory Behaviour in Waterfowl (2000, background): “Exposure to parasite vectors is considered an important factor explaining diAerences in infection rates between habitats or even species (Clayton, 1991; Sol et al., 2000 ).”
Consequences of nest reuse for parasite burden and female health and condition in blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus (2007, unknown): “Van Riper et al. 1986; Garvin & Remsen 1997; Apanius et al. 2000; Sol et al. 2000 ).”
Community relationships of avian malaria parasites in southern missouri (2005, background): “Dale et al. (1996) noted lower parasite prevalence among first year males of Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca (see also Merila and Andersson 1999, Sol et al. 2000).”
The evolutionary transition to coloniality promotes higher blood parasitism in birds (2002, background): “…plausible, because once a bird is infected the parasite undergoes reproductive cycles independently of the fate of neighbouring hosts (Atkinson & van Riper III, 1991; Sol et al., 2000), so haemoparasite numbers by infected host are reasonably expected to be equal among colonial and solitary birds.”
Elevated reproductive effort increases blood parasitaemia and decreases immune function in birds: a meta-regression approach (2009, background): “2008) and is often related to variation in the abundance of vectors (Sol et al. 2000).”