Replacing blue tit Parus caerulus nests with microwave-treated nests reduces the parasite load on chicks
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Hurtrez-Boussès S., Renaud F., Blondel J. & Perret P. (2000) Effects of Ectoparasites of Young on Parents' Behaviour in a Mediterranean Population of Blue Tits. Journal of Avian Biology, 31, 266-269
Published source details Hurtrez-Boussès S., Renaud F., Blondel J. & Perret P. (2000) Effects of Ectoparasites of Young on Parents' Behaviour in a Mediterranean Population of Blue Tits. Journal of Avian Biology, 31, 266-269
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Remove ectoparasites from nests to increase survival or reproductive success
A small controlled study in 1996 in Corsica, France (Hurtrez-Boussès et al. 2000) found that there were significantly fewer blowfly Protocalliphora spp. larvae on blue tit Parus caeruleus broods that were repeatedly moved to microwave-treated nests (at two, five, seven, nine, twelve and fifteen days old), than in control broods that were not treated (0.2 parasites/chick for six treated broods vs. 15.0 parasites/chick for nine control broods). Fledging weights, survival and other indicators of reproductive success were not reported.
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