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Our revised manuscript on the short- and long-term effects of coccidians on moult and feather quality was accepted for publication in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Bold face names below indicate authors financed by a CNCSIS grant (#TE291/2010). Pap … Continue reading →

Our manuscript about the long-term effects of an intestinal parasite (Isospora coccidian) on moult schedule and feather quality has now a “major revision” decision in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Parasite’s effect on host reproduction has received considerable … Continue reading →

Our paper on lice sex ratio and sexual dimorphism was finally accepted for publication in Journal of Parasitology. Authors marked with bold are financed by a CNCSIS grant (no. PN II. RU TE 291/2010), which partially supported this study. Pap … Continue reading →

Our paper on how feather quality is influenced by moult rate and body condition was accepted for publication in PLoS ONE. Authors marked with bold are financed by a CNCSIS grant (no. PN II. RU TE 291/2010). Vágási CI, Pap … Continue reading →

This year’s manuscript acceptance balance was too biased towards rejections (4 manuscripts, even more instances). Fortunately, the last week we received good news as well. After being rejected from Evolutionary Ecology, our manuscript on lice sex ratio (see News #10) … Continue reading →

We are happy to announce the joining of two new members to our research group: Laura Pătraș and Gergely Osváth. Laura joined the ‘lab subgroup’. She will analyze the blood samples collected within various physiological ecology studies using a wide … Continue reading →

We (Pap et al.) submitted a new manuscript. This time Journal of Evolutionary Biology is the target journal. The paper presents new insights into how life-history, ecological, behavioural and parasitological traits affect the evolution of constitutive innate and acquired cell-mediated … Continue reading →

The paper on feather mites and avian host body condition (see News #9) was accepted for publication in Journal of Avian Biology. The study was partially financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research (RU PN II TE 291/2010 … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago we (Pap et al.) submitted a manuscript for review in Evolutionary Ecology. This paper searches for parasite traits (prevalence, abundance, dispersal capacity, subpopulation size) that could explain the extent to which sex ratio is distorted … Continue reading →

A manuscript about the association between avian host condition and feather mite load was previously accepted for publication in Journal of Avian Biology. Although correlative, its scientific impact is guaranteed by being based on a large dataset involving 83 host … Continue reading →