Seabirds and parasites: Understanding a long evolutionary history to protect biodiversity
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 10:41
in Biology & Nature
Seabirds and their parasites are the model used in a research study aimed at improving our understanding of host-parasite trophic relationships. The study takes a novel approach to deciphering the trophic relationships between hosts and parasites, based on the application of isotopic markers used for the first time to analyse parasitism in seabirds.