<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zoltán Vas</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Host-parasite relationship of birds (Aves) and lice (Phthiraptera) – evolution, ecology and faunistics</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">School of Veterinary Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evolution</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Host-parasite relationship</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.huveta.hu/bitstream/handle/10832/953/VasZoltan-D-E.pdf;jsessionid=AFF4DCBEB08C80DA827B93FBC41B255F?sequence=3</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Szent István Egyetem (Szent István University)</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Budapest, Hungary</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PhD</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">275 pp</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The host-parasite relationship is one of the most complex and intimate associations in nature. In this thesis I present a multidisciplinary approach to investigate the host-parasite relationship of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) and their avian (and sometimes mammalian) hosts (Vertebrata: Aves, Mammalia). I apply both modern statistical methodologies of evolutionary comparative analysis and classical zoological methodologies such as sampling in the field for faunistical purposes.&lt;/p&gt;
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	The understanding of the diversity component of host-parasite relationships is a major and yet scarcely discovered field of evolutionary ecology. Here I present a review of the previous literature and three original studies published by myself and my co-authors concerning the factors that shape louse diversity at macroevolutionary level (Chapter 1). I show a positive co-variation found between avian cognitive capabilities and Amblyceran louse richness; a decrease in louse richness due to the brood-parasitic life-style of the hosts; and a positive diversity interaction between Ischnoceran louse richness and foster species richness of brood-parasitic cuckoos. The supposed positive co-variation between host and parasite diversity &amp;ndash; an assumption originating from Eichler (1942, the so called Eichler&amp;rsquo;s rule) &amp;ndash; were revisited and tested for the first time with modern methodologies across a wide range of avian and mammalian hosts and their lice, and showed to be the strongest and most general diversity pattern of host-parasite evolution found so far.&lt;/p&gt;
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	Chapter 2 incorporates papers related to different aspects of louse faunistics as well as the review of their background. First, I summarize the Hungarian louse fauna based on formerly published records. Second, I report that this checklist was significantly extended by my own recent collections. The third paper is a methodological contribution that points out a formerly overlooked bias in currently widespread sampling projects: the handling of avian host individuals during the bird ringing procedure can reduce the louse burden. Finally, in the last paper I provide global checklist of critically endangered species of parasitic lice.&lt;/p&gt;
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