Literature

AuthorsYearsort descendingTitle
B. L. Hart1990Behavioral adaptations to pathogens and parasites: Five strategies
P. Volf1991Polyplax spinulosa infestation and antibody response in various strains of laboratory rats
I. Tanaka, Takefushi H.1993Elimination of external parasites (Lice) is the primary function of grooming in free-ranging Japanese macaques
C. A. Weeks, Nicol, C. J., Titchener, R. N.1995Effects of the sucking louse (Linognathus vituli) on the grooming behaviour of housed calves
D. H. Clayton, Walther B. A.2001Influence of host ecology and morphology on the diversity of Neotropical bird lice
A. Darolová, Hoi, H., Krištofík, J., Hoi, C.2001Horizontal and vertical ectoparasite transmission of three species of Mallophaga, and individual variation in european bee-eaters (Merops apiaster)
K. Zamma2002Leaf-grooming by a wild chimpanzee in Mahale
K. Zamma2002Grooming site preferences determined by lice infection among Japanese macaques in Arashiyama
D. H. Clayton, Moyer, B. R., Bush, S. E., Jones, T. G., Gardiner, D. W., Rhodes, B. B., Goller, F.2005Adaptive significance of avian beak morphology for ectoparasite control
D. H. Clayton, Koop, J. A. H., Harbison, C. W., Moyer, B. R., Bush, S. E.2010How Birds Combat Ectoparasites
B. A. Mullens, Chen, B. L., Owen, J. P.2010Beak condition and cage density determine abundance and spatial distribution of northern fowl mites, Ornithonyssus sylviarum, and chicken body lice, Menacanthus stramineus, on caged laying hens
S. Pilosof, Lareschi, M., Krasnov, B. R.2012Host body microcosm and ectoparasite infracommunities: arthropod ectoparasites are not spatially segregated
N. Ishii, Kato, T., Uno, T., Tanaka, I., Kajigaya, H., Hayama, S. -ichi2017The Number of Louse Eggs on Wild Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) Varies with Age, but Not with Sex or Season
S. E. Bush, Clayton D. H.2018Anti-parasite behaviour of birds
T. R. Kupfer, Fessler D. M. T.2018Ectoparasite defence in humans: relationships to pathogen avoidance and clinical implications
G. B. Goodman, Klingensmith, M. C., Bush, S. E., Clayton, D. H.2020The role of scratching in the control of ectoparasites on birds
S. E. Bush, Clayton D. H.2023Does Preening Behavior Reduce the Prevalence of Avian Feather Lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)?
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith