Publications

[supplementary data on the biology of crataerina pallida latreille].		1958	13604751
[attack on man by crataerina pallida].		1960	13850391
the common swift louse fly, crataerina pallida: an ideal species for studying host-parasite interactions.	little is known of the life-history of many parasitic species. this hinders a full understanding of host-parasitic interactions. the common swift louse fly, crataerina pallida latreille (diptera: hippoboscidae), an obligate haematophagous parasite of the common swift, apus apus linnaeus 1758, is one such species. no detrimental effect of its parasitism upon the host has been found. this may be because too little is known about c. pallida ecology, and therefore detrimental effects are also unknow ...	2010	21268705
temperature affects emergence of crataerina pallida (diptera: hippoboscidae).	despite knowledge of parasite biology being essential for host-parasite system functioning to be understood, the life histories of many parasites remain little studied. one example being the hippoboscid crataerina pallida (olivier in latreille, 1812) (diptera: hippoboscidae), a nest ectoparasite of the common swift, apus apus l. (aves: apodidae). the factors influencing adult parasite emergence remain unclear. whether temperature affects emergence was studied by exposing overwintering pupae to d ...	2010	21175078
characteristics of crataerina pallida (diptera: hippoboscidae) populations; a nest ectoparasite of the common swift, apus apus (aves: apodidae).	an essential pre-requisite to understanding the nature of a host-parasite relationship is a good knowledge of the parasite's ecology, including its life history. despite removing a significant amount of blood from their common swift (apus apus) hosts, no detrimental effect of parasitism by the louse fly (crataerina pallida) has been found. this may be because little is known of the characteristics of the populations of this parasite. we studied the structure of louse fly populations that may inf ...	2010	20515686
host selection by the louse fly crataerina pallida, an avian nest ectoparasite of the common swift apus apus.	preferences by parasites for particular hosts may have important implications for the functioning of host-parasite systems, however, this parasitic life-history trait remains little studied. no detrimental effect of louse fly crataerina pallida parasitism has been found on common swift apus apus nestling hosts. host selection choices may be mediating the effect this parasite has and account for this apparent avirulence. two aspects of parasite host selection were studied at a breeding colony of ...	2011	21641904