Philornis downsi - a recently discovered parasite on the Galápagos archipelago: a threat for Darwin's finches?

By B. Fessl, S. Tebbich. 2002

145 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Ecology, Parasitology

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In Animal Science and Zoology

1. Jody A. O’Connor
2. Rachael Y. Dudaniec
3. F. J. Sulloway
4. J. Robertson
5. S. Kleindorfer

In Ecology

1. Jody A. O’Connor
2. F. J. Sulloway
3. J. Robertson
4. Rachael Y. Dudaniec
5. S. Kleindorfer
6. Martin Wikelski
7. B. Sinclair
8. J. Foufopoulos

In Parasitology

1. Jody A. O’Connor
2. F. J. Sulloway
3. J. Robertson
4. S. Kleindorfer
5. Rachael Y. Dudaniec
6. Martin Wikelski

Citations in the corpus

• Effects of the parasitic flies of the genus Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) on birds (2006, background): “P. downsi is characterised by freeliving non-parasitic adults whose larvae develop in bird nests as semi-haematophagous (bloodsucking) external parasites on nestlings (Couri 1985, 1999; Fessl and Tebbich 2002).”
• Host-parasite ecology, behavior and genetics: a review of the introduced fly parasite Philornis downsi and its Darwin’s finch hosts (2016, background): “>8d; species differed in intensity Ecology O Fessl, Tebbich 2002 [28]”
• Philornis downsi parasitism is the primary cause of nestling mortality in the critically endangered Darwin’s medium tree finch (Camarhynchus pauper) (2010, methodology): “P. downsi intensity was only analysed from nests in which nestlings survived to at least 6 days to minimise the effects of nestling age on the accumulation of parasite numbers within the nest (Fessl and Tebbich 2002).”
• Galápagos Birds and Diseases: Invasive Pathogens as Threats for Island Species (2004, background): “A new botfly species (Philornis downsi ), a parasite known to significantly lower fledgling success, was recently detected on nestlings of several species of Darwin’s finches, Galápagos Mockingbirds, Yellow Warblers and the Dark-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus melacoryphus (Fessl and Tebbich 2002).”
• Alien Insects: Threats and Implications for Conservation of Galápagos Islands (2006, background): “…birds is the dipteran ectoparasite P. downsi that has recently been detected on nestlings of several species of DarwinÕs Þnches, Galápagos mockingbirds, yellow warblers, and dark-billed cuckoos and has been shown to signiÞcantly lower ßedgling success of the Þnches (Fessl and Tebbich 2002).”