Malaria infection negatively affects feather growth rate in the house sparrow Passer domesticus

Birds often face various stressors during feather renewing, for example, enduring infection with blood parasites. Because nutritional resources are typically limited, especially for wild animals, when an individual allocates energy to one physiological system, there is subsequently less for other pr...

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Main Authors: Courtney A. C. Coon, Luz Garcia‐Longoria, Lynn B. Martin, Sergio Magallanes, Florentino deLope, Alfonso Marzal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Avian Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00942