Publications

pathology (?) of plagiorhynchus cylindraceus in the starling, sturnus vulgaris.	our field study did not support anecdotal claims alleging pathogenicity on the part of p. cylindraceus in starlings. within-clutch analysis of nestling starling weights (n = 25) over time showed that p. cylindraceus had no effect on position in clutch relative to siblings. parasitized nestlings tended to weigh more than control siblings. within-sex analysis of wild adult starling weight (n = 103) showed no difference between animals with acanthocephalans and uninfected animals and weight was not ...	1983	6854478
effects of plagiorhynchus cylindraceus (acanthocephala) on the energy metabolism of adult starlings, sturnus vulgaris.	although the relationship between intestinal parasitism, the ingestion and use of energy, and host survival is expected, little work has been done to outline the effect of such organisms upon their host's nutritional requirements in an ecological context. this study is the first to demonstrate that an intestinal helminth previously reported to be of little or no histopathological consequence, plagiorhynchus cylindraceus, has a significant detrimental impact upon the flow of food energy through a ...	1991	1780177
helminth parasites of the european starling (sturnus vulgaris) (aves, sturnidae), an invasive bird in argentina.	the aim of this work is to contribute to the knowledge of gastrointestinal parasites of the european starling sturnus vulgaris, an invasive bird from argentina. seventy-six birds were collected during the spring of 2007 and were examined for helminths. six parasite species were found: one trematoda of the echinostoma revolutum "group," four nematodes (synhimantus nasuta, microtetrameres sp., pterothominx exilis, and ornithocapillaria ovopunctata), and one acanthocephalan (plagiorhynchus cylindra ...	2014	24804922