Mini-transmitters show infections with parasites affect local flight behavior of swallows

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Nov 5, 2024, 8:47 am152 pts
Swallows infected with parasites move less and in smaller ranges than healthy ones—with detrimental effects on their foraging success and their survival. As a result, infected individuals foraged in less productive areas, such as cultivated farmland, clearly avoided by their healthy conspecifics.

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