A rare study from the wintering grounds provides insight into the costs of malaria infection for migratory birds

Why Do Migratory Birds Sing on Their Tropical Wintering Grounds?

(2016) Marjorie C. Sorensen et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Transcontinental migratory connectivity predicts parasite prevalence in breeding populations of the European barn swallow

(2015) J. A. C. von Rönn et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Hidden costs of infection: Chronic malaria accelerates telomere degradation and senescence in wild birds

(2015) M. Asghar et al.   SCIENCE

Corticosterone: effects on feather quality and deposition into feathers

(2015) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Feather-based measures of stable isotopes and corticosterone reveal a relationship between trophic position and physiology in a pelagic seabird over a 153-year period

(2014) Graham D. Fairhurst et al.   IBIS

Malaria-Infected Female Collared Flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) Do Not Pay the Cost of Late Breeding

(2014) Katarzyna Kulma et al.   PLoS One

Evolution of Plastic Transmission Strategies in Avian Malaria

(2014) Stéphane Cornet et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Can synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and stable isotopes help us better understand habitat–physiology relationships?

(2013) Graham D. Fairhurst et al.   OECOLOGIA

Synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and carotenoid-dependent signals: what relationships do we expect?

(2013) Graham D. Fairhurst et al.   OECOLOGIA

Increased Endoparasite Infection in Late-Arriving Individuals of a Trans-Saharan Passerine Migrant Bird

(2013) Guillermo López et al.   PLoS One

Annual Cycle and Migration Strategies of a Trans-Saharan Migratory Songbird: A Geolocator Study in the Great Reed Warbler

(2013) Hilger W. Lemke et al.   PLoS One

Host-parasite associations and host-specificity in haemoparasites of reed bed passerines

(2012) RITA VENTIM et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Primary peak and chronic malaria infection levels are correlated in experimentally infected great reed warblers

(2012) MUHAMMAD ASGHAR et al.   PARASITOLOGY

The interspecific relationship between prevalence of blood parasites and sexual traits in birds when considering recent methodological advancements

(2011) László Zsolt Garamszegi et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Are chronic avian haemosporidian infections costly in wild birds?

(2011) Muhammad Asghar et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

The blood parasite Haemoproteus reduces survival in a wild bird: a medication experiment

(2010) J. M.-d. l. Puente et al.   Biology Letters

Flaws and pitfalls in the chemical analysis of feathers: bad news–good news for avian chemoecology and toxicology

(2010) Gary R. Bortolotti   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Chronic malaria infections increase family inequalities and reduce parental fitness: experimental evidence from a wild bird population

(2010) S. C. L. KNOWLES et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

MalAvi: a public database of malaria parasites and related haemosporidians in avian hosts based on mitochondrial cytochromeblineages

(2009) STAFFAN BENSCH et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

New perspectives for estimating body condition from mass/length data: the scaled mass index as an alternative method

(2009) Jordi Peig et al.   OIKOS

Dynamics of parasitemia of malaria parasites in a naturally and experimentally infected migratory songbird, the great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

(2008) Pavel Zehtindjiev et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Corticosterone in feathers is a long-term, integrated measure of avian stress physiology

(2008) G. R. Bortolotti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Elevated reproductive effort increases blood parasitaemia and decreases immune function in birds: a meta-regression approach

(2008) Sarah C. L. Knowles et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Rapid moult among palaearctic passerines in West Africa- an adaptation to the oncoming dry season?

(2008) STAFFAN BENSCH et al.   IBIS

Isotope signatures in winter moulted feathers predict malaria prevalence in a breeding avian host

(2008) Elizabeth Yohannes et al.   OECOLOGIA