A review of the nest protection hypothesis

does inclusion of fresh green plant material in birds’ nests reduce parasite infestation?

  • SCOTT-BAUMANN, JAMES F.
  • MORGAN, ERIC R.

  • School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK

Corresponding author: The Old Smithy, 3 Kent road, Congresbury, Somerset, BS49 5BD, UK. E-mail: [email protected]

Received September 09, 2014

Received in revised form January 27, 2015

Accepted January 01, 2015

Parasitology 142(8):p 1016-1023, July 2015. | DOI: 10.1017/S0031182015000189
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