Experimental demonstration of a parasite-induced immune response in wild birds: Darwin's finches and introduced nest flies

Experimental evidence for distinct costs of pathogenesis and immunity against a natural pathogen in a wild bird

(2012) Camille Bonneaud et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Distribution and abundance of Darwin’s finches and other land birds on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos: evidence for declining populations

(2012) Michael Dvorak et al.   ORYX

Outdoor immunology: methodological considerations for ecologists

(2011) Raoul K. Boughton et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Experimental Demonstration of the Fitness Consequences of an Introduced Parasite of Darwin's Finches

(2011) Jennifer A. H. Koop et al.   PLoS One

Avian population survey in the Floreana highlands: is Darwin’s Medium Tree Finch declining in remnant patches of Scalesia forest?

(2010) JODY A. O’CONNOR et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Fitness consequences of immune responses: strengthening the empirical framework for ecoimmunology

(2010) Andrea L. Graham et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Variation in innate immunity in relation to ectoparasite load, age and season: a field experiment in great tits (Parus major)

(2010) G. De Coster et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Video analysis of host–parasite interactions in nests of Darwin’s finches

(2010) Jody A. O’Connor et al.   ORYX

Are Maternal Antibodies Really That Important? Patterns in the Immunologic Development of Altricial Passerine House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

(2010) Marisa O. King et al.   PLoS One

Ecoimmunity in Darwin's Finches: Invasive Parasites Trigger Acquired Immunity in the Medium Ground Finch (Geospiza fortis)

(2010) Sarah K. Huber et al.   PLoS One

Ecological immunology of bird-ectoparasite systems

(2010) Jeb P. Owen et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Philornis downsi parasitism is the primary cause of nestling mortality in the critically endangered Darwin’s medium tree finch (Camarhynchus pauper)

(2009) Jody A. O’Connor et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Offspring genetic structure reveals mating and nest infestation behaviour of an invasive parasitic fly (Philornis downsi) of Galápagos birds

(2009) Rachael Y. Dudaniec et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Naris and beak malformation caused by the parasitic fly, Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae), in Darwin's small ground finch, Geospiza fuliginosa (Passeriformes: Emberizidae)

(2009) TOBY H. GALLIGAN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Host inflammatory response governs fitness in an avian ectoparasite, the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum)

(2009) Jeb P. Owen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Effects of the introduced parasite Philornis downsi on nestling growth and mortality in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis)

(2008) Sarah K. Huber   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Ontogeny of innate and adaptive immune defense components in free-living tree swallows, Tachycineta bicolor

(2008) Maria G. Palacios et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY