| helminth communities of owls (strigiformes) indicate strong biological and ecological differences from birds of prey (accipitriformes and falconiformes) in southern italy. | we compared the helminth communities of 5 owl species from calabria (italy) and evaluated the effect of phylogenetic and ecological factors on community structure. two host taxonomic scales were considered, i.e., owl species, and owls vs. birds of prey. the latter scale was dealt with by comparing the data here obtained with that of birds of prey from the same locality and with those published previously on owls and birds of prey from galicia (spain). a total of 19 helminth taxa were found in ow ... | 2012 | 23300921 |