Comparison of behaviour, body mass, haematocrit level, site fidelity and survival between infested and non-infested king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus by ticks Ixodes uriae

Autor:	Jean-Paul Gendner, Céline Le Bohec, Yvon Le Maho, Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Stéphane Mangin
Rok vydání:	2003
Předmět:	Tick infestation education.field_of_study biology Ecology Population Zoology Tick medicine.disease Ixodes uriae biology.organism_classification Aptenodytes patagonicus biology.animal parasitic diseases medicine Seasonal breeder Seabird General Agricultural and Biological Sciences education Ixodidae
Zdroj:	Polar Biology. 26:379-382
ISSN:	1432-2056 0722-4060
Popis:	The tick Ixodes uriae is widespread in subantarctic areas. This tick species parasitises a large number of seabird species and may affect their population dynamics. Adult king penguins are significant hosts for I. uriae in Crozet Archipelago. We compared the body mass, haematocrit level and behaviour during incubation according to tick infestation. Tick infestation had no effect on the body mass, haematocrit or behaviour of incubating penguins. Contrary to what might have been expected, birds breeding in the infested area did not show a lower fidelity to that area the next breeding season in comparison to birds breeding in the non-infested area. Survival was not different between the two groups over the following 32 months.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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