Helminth communities of owls (strigiformes) indicate strong biological and ecological differences from birds of prey (accipitriformes and falconiformes) in southern Italy.

We compared the helminth communities of 5 owl species from Calabria (Italy) and evaluated the effect of phylogenetic and ecological factors on community structure. Two host taxonomic scales were considered, i.e., owl species, and owls vs. birds of prey. The latter scale was dealt with by comparing t...

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Main Authors: Mario Santoro, Simonetta Mattiucci, Giuseppe Nascetti, John M Kinsella, Francesca Di Prisco, Sabatino Troisi, Nicola D'Alessio, Vincenzo Veneziano, Francisco J Aznar
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2c34662eec254d30a73f2a84d7b672de
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