Our new work:
Phenology underlies inconsistent urbanization effects on avian malaria in juvenile songbirds doi.org/10.1002/ecs2...
Timing matters!
Early-hatching blue tits face lower malaria risk & heavy infections reduce fitness
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Urbanization can modify species interactions, including those between parasites and their hosts. In birds, urbanization can either increase or decrease avian malaria (haemosporidian) infection, depen...
