Bird-Parasite Interactions
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Edited by J. E. Loye and M. Zuk
Table of Contents
PART I: Introduction
1. Current Theory of Host-Parasite Interactions, C.A. Toft
PART II: Ecology
2. Pathogenocity and Epizootiology of Avian Haematozoa: Plasmodium, Leucocytozoan, and Haemoproteus, C.T. Atkinson and C. van Riper
3. The Direct and Indirect Effects of the Caecal Nematode, Trichostrongylus tenuis, on Red Grouse
4. The Effect of Ectoparasites on Cliff Swallow Growth and Survival, B.R. Chapman and J.E. George
5. Philornid Parasitism and Nestling Survival of the Puerto-Rican Sharp-shinned Hawk, C.A. Delannoy and A. Cruz
6. Occurrence and Demography of Mites of Tree Swallow, House Wren, and Eastern Bluebird Nests, E.H. Burtt and G.A. Babbitt
7. Patterns and Effects of Parasitism by Protocalliphora on Tree Swallow Nestlings, C. Rogers, R.J. Robertson and B.J. Stutchbury
8. Parasite Communities in Wet and Dry Forest Subpopulations of the Hawaii Common Amakihi, C. van Riper III
9. Analysis and Ecological Correlates of Tick Burdens in a New Guinea Avifauna, M. Pruett-Jones and S. Pruett-Jones
PART III: Behavior
10. Effects of Avian Host Age and Arbovirus Infection on Mosquito Attraction and Blood-Feeding Success, T.W. Scott and J. D. Edman
11. The Nest Protection Hypothesis: The Adaptive Use of Plant Secondary Components by European Starlings, L. Clark
12. Nest Ectoparasite Abundance and Cliff Swallow Colony Site Selection, Nestling Development and Departure Time, J. E. Loye and S. Carroll
13. Ants, Ticks, and Nesting Seabirds: Dynamic Interaction, D.C. Duffy
14. Coevolution of Avian Grooming and Ectoparasite Avoidance, D. H. Clayton
15. Behavioral Changes in Breeding American Kestrels Infected with Trichinella Pseudospiralis, M. D. Saumier M. E. Rau and D. M. Bird
16. Parasites and Bright Birds: New Data and a New Prediction, M. Zuk
17. Parasites, Sexual Ornaments, and Mate Choice in the Barn Swallow, A. P. Møller
18. Phenotypic Correlates of Blood Parasitism in the Common Grackle, C. E. Kirkpatrick, S.K. Robinson, and U.D. Kitron
19. Bill Color and Parasite Levels of Zebra Finches, N. Burley, S.C. Tidemann and K. Halupka
20. Female Choice of Males with Low Parasite Loads in Sage Grouse, L. L. Johnson and M.S. Boyce
21. Effects of Parasites on Mate Choice by Captive Sage Grouse, M.F. Spurrier, M.S. Boyce, and B.F.J. Manley