@article {10062,
	title = {Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): a checklist and bibliography},
	journal = {Zootaxa},
	volume = {1831},
	year = {2008},
	month = {30},
	pages = {1-530},
	abstract = {This work is a first attempt to integrate into one list and quantify all the known species of Hispaniolan arthropods. It includes all the terrestrial and surrounding marine arthropod species (plus those of Tardigrada and Onychophora) known to me to be reported for the island of Hispaniola until the end of 2007, as well as 158 species that are reported here as new records for the Dominican Republic and the island. A total of 8,237 valid species (6,833 extant and 1,404 fossils) are listed, of which the largest component are the insects (5,676 extant and 824 fossil species). Preliminarily, 2,521 arthropod species (36.9\%) are considered to be endemic or unique to Hispaniola. Also 84 species are recognized as introduced. The bibliography complements the taxonomic information and includes over 4,000 titles. Brief annotations are also given on the history of entomology in Hispaniola.},
	keywords = {Carnidae, catalog, Dominican Republic, Meoneura vieja, Milichiidae},
	isbn = {1175-5326},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14409057166 },
	author = {Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E.}
}
@article {8812,
	title = {Pre-hatching maternal effects and the tasty chick hypothesis},
	journal = {Evolutionary Ecology Research},
	volume = {10},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {March},
	pages = {463-473},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Question: Are maternal effects (i.e. maternal transfer of immune components to their offspring via the placenta or the egg) specifically directed to the offspring on which ectoparasites predictably aggregate? Organisms: The barn owl (Tyto alba) because late-hatched offspring are the main target of the ectoparasitic fly Carnus hemapterus. Hypothesis: Pre-hatching maternal effects enhance parasite resistance of late- compared with early-hatched nestlings. Search method: To disentangle the effect of natal from rearing ranks on parasite intensity, we exchanged hatchlings between nests to allocate early- and late-hatched hatchlings randomly in the within-brood age hierarchy. Result: After controlling for rearing ranks, cross-fostered late-hatched nestlings were less parasitized but lighter than cross-fostered early-hatched nestlings. Conclusion: Pre-hatching maternal effects increase parasite resistance of late-hatched offspring at a growth cost.},
	keywords = {Carnidae, Carnus hemapterus, on Tyto alba},
	isbn = {1522-0613},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14410057877 },
	author = {Roulin, A. and Gasparini, Julien and Froissart, Lucie}
}
@article {3599,
	title = {Ectoparasite load is linked to ontogeny and cell-mediated immunity in an avian host system with pronounced hatching asynchrony},
	journal = {Biological Journal of the Linnean Society},
	volume = {94},
	number = {3},
	year = {2008},
	month = {July},
	pages = {463-473},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Several contrasting hypotheses have been proposed to account for host age-biased parasite distribution, with some of them suggesting a key role of ectoparasites in the evolution and maintenance of weight hierarchies within broods. We examined parasite distribution among individual hosts across the whole period of host exposure to the parasite in a host system that shows distinct within-brood differences in age and age-related mortality. By contrast to previous hypotheses, we found that the abundance of a haematophagous, mobile ectoparasite Carnus haemapterus on nestling European rollers (Coracias garrulus) was highest approximately during the mid-nestling stage of their host, coinciding with the inflection point of the host growth phase. Parasite load increased neither with absolute resource availability (i.e. body size), nor body condition index. By contrast to previous evidence, higher parasite load under natural conditions was associated with a stronger cell-mediated immune response. However, this association was moderated by low parasite densities, as well as a better brood body condition index. Overall, although we revealed remarkable host ontogenetic effects on parasite distribution, the present study suggests that a highly mobile ectoparasite generally prefers healthier hosts. We propose that, in host systems with a marked asynchrony of hatching and background mortality within the brood, parasites favour persistence rather than nutritional attractiveness of the host. (C) 2008 The Linnean Society of London.
},
	keywords = {Carnus hemapterus, Europe},
	isbn = {0024-4066},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14409054805 },
	author = {Vaclav, Radovan and Calero-Torralbo, Miguel A. and Valera, F.}
}
@article {2653,
	title = {Possible functions of alternative nests in raptors: the case of Bonelli{\textquoteright}s Eagle},
	journal = {Journal of Ornithology},
	volume = {149},
	number = {2},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {253-259},
	abstract = {Four non-exclusive hypotheses have been proposed to explain the alternative nest-building behaviour of raptors: (1) nests as an advertising signal in territories, (2) frustration nests, (3) competition avoidance by nest-site and (4) reduction of nest ectoparasites. We report here data collected during an observational study of a population of Bonelli{\textquoteright}s Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus in southeastern Spain. Our data does not support the first two hypotheses based on the closeness of nests within territories, the lack of correlation between the number of nests and the distance to neighbours and the construction of secondary nests at similar frequencies after breeding failures as after successes. In contrast, the construction of alternative nests to avoid competition with other cliff-nesting raptor species breeding nearby was clearly important since 30\% of the pairs obtained some direct benefit from the existence of alternative nests within their territories. We also found abundant Coleoptera (Dermestidae) and Diptera (Carnidae, Calliphoridae and Phoridae) as ectoparasites in nests, and the alternative use of nests, synergetically with the presence of greenery as mechanisms for avoiding ectoparasites, was an important factor for the breeding success of the eagle. Our data suggest that competition avoidance and, in particular, the reduction of nest ectoparasite hypotheses are the more plausible explanations for the maintenance of alternative nests in raptors.},
	keywords = {Carnidae, Carnus, Carnus hemapterus},
	doi = {10.1007/s10336-007-0268-4},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:000254237400014 },
	author = {Ontiveros, D. and Caro, J. and Pleguezuelos, J. M.}
}
