Low intensity blood parasite infections do not reduce the aerobic performance of migratory birds - Hahn, Steffen; Bauer, Silke; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Emmenegger, Tamara; Ivanova, Karina; Zehtindjiev, Pavel; Buttemer, William A. (Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences, 2018)
Keywords: Aerobic capacity; Animal breeding; Animal Migration; Animals; Avian Malaria; Bird migration; Birds; Blood parasites; Bulgaria - epidemiology; Chronic infection; Conspecifics; Disease; Ecology; Erythrocytes; Exercise; Female; Host-Parasite Interactions; Infections; Life history; Malaria, Avian - epidemiology; Malaria, Avian - parasitology; Malaria, Avian - physiopathology; Male; Metabolic Rate; Metabolism; Migration; Migratory birds; Oxygen Consumption; Parasitemia - epidemiology; Parasitemia - parasitology; Parasitemia - physiopathology; Parasites; Pathogen; Physical fitness; Plasmodium - physiology; Prevalence; Random Allocation; Songbirds; Bulgaria; migration; avian malaria; metabolic rate; pathogen; disease; oxygen consumption