Effect of blood parasites on incubation efficiency of <i>Z. l. oriantha</i> in the Colorado Rocky Mountains
Abstract
Haemoparasites are common in passerines and have known mild to detrimental effects on populations. It is important to understand how these effects influence nest incubation in females, as it could reflect future reproductive success of that species as vectors and transmission increase with climate change. We investigated how incubation temperatures varied in female mountain white-crowned sparrows in the presence and absence of haemoparasites to determine if these parasites are influencing efficiency. There was a trend showing that parasitized females showed more variance in nest temperature, but it was not significant. A larger sample is necessary to draw conclusions from this study.
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