This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Campanulotes flavus (Rudow, 1869) from Phaps chalcoptera is redescribed and illustrated. C. defectus Tendeiro, 1969, erroneously recorded from ...

How well lice are able to latch onto pigeon flies and catch a lift to new bird hosts affects how the lice evolve. Lice species carried aloft by flies spread to more species and tend to speciate at ...

Dec. 8, 2003 – University of Utah biologists twirled louse-infested bird feathers on an electric fan and flew pigeons and doves like kites on strings in a study that found small lice stick to small ...

Using host-specific parasites isolated on individual pigeon 'islands,' the scientists showed that descendants of a single population of feather lice adapted rapidly in response to preening. They found ...

Next time you shake your fist at the pigeon that pooped on your freshly washed car, take a moment to ponder this: That bird's forefather may have been a highly decorated World War II hero. No really.

Going to the trouble of molting doesn’t really get rid of a bird’s lice after all. Furthermore, flying doesn’t blow off tough lice–unless a bird wears nail polish. Thus go the latest bulletins from ...

The results, published yesterday (May 23) online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that the coevolution of hosts and parasites can be influenced by other species in the ...