Ecological relationships between feather mites (Acari) and wild birds of Emberizidae (Aves) in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil



Título del documento: Ecological relationships between feather mites (Acari) and wild birds of Emberizidae (Aves) in a fragment of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil
Revista: Revista brasileira de zoologia
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000281048
ISSN: 0101-8175
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Departamento de Zoologia, Recife, Pernambuco. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Sep
Volumen: 20
Número: 3
Paginación: 481-485
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The objective of this study was to investigate feather mites on birds of the Family Emberizidae, to collect data on the ecological ectoparasite-host relationship and infestation level. A sum of 94 birds of 9 species was captured at the Refúgio Ecológico Charles Darwin, Igarassú, Pernambuco, Brazil, from August 1996 to July 1997. Five genera of mites from the superfamily Analgoidea were identified: Analges Nitzsch, 1818; Mesalgoides Gaud & Atyeo, 1967; Pterodectes Robin, 1877; Proctophyllodes Robin, 1877 and Trouessartia Canestrini, 1899. Among the 94 birds examined, 92 (97,87%) were infested. Regarding the prevalence, it was observed that the genera with higher percentage were, respectively, Pterodectes (88,04%), Proctophyllodes (56,52%) and Trouessartia (45,65%)
Disciplinas: Biología
Palabras clave: Aves,
Parasitología,
Quelicerados,
Relación huésped-parásito,
Acaros,
Aves silvestres,
Passeriformes,
Emberizidae,
Brasil
Keyword: Biology,
Birds,
Chelicerata,
Parasitology,
Host-parasite,
Mites,
Wild birds,
Passeriformes,
Emberizidae,
Brazil
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