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Low prevalence of blood parasites in a long-distance migratory raptor: the importance of host habitat

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Differential Haemoparasite Intensity between Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) Morphs Suggests an Adaptive Function for Polymorphism

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A potential role for parasites in the maintenance of color polymorphism in urban birds

(2013) L. Jacquin et al.   OECOLOGIA

Association between melanism, physiology and behaviour: A role for the melanocortin system

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Melanin-based coloration is related to parasite intensity and cellular immune response in an urban free living bird: the feral pigeon Columba livia

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MC1R-dependent, melanin-based colour polymorphism is associated with cell-mediated response in the Eleonora’s falcon

(2011) L. GANGOSO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Fitness in common buzzards at the cross-point of opposite melanin-parasite interactions

(2008) N. Chakarov et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

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