caa a22 4500 445339713 CHVBK 20180317142808.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-011-2436-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-011-2436-y Do secretions from the uropygial gland of birds attract biting midges and black flies? [Elektronische Daten] [Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Juan Rivero-de Aguilar, Sara del Cerro, Anastasio Argüello, Santiago Merino] Bird susceptibility to attacks by blood-sucking flying insects could be influenced by urogypial gland secretions. To determine the effect of these secretions on biting midges and black flies, we set up a series of tests. First, we placed uropygial gland secretions from blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus broods inside empty nest boxes while empty nest boxes without gland secretions were treated as controls. Blue tit broods, from which we had obtained uropygial secretions, were affected by biting midges and black flies. However, these insects were absent in nest boxes both with and without secretions from nestlings' uropygial glands. We subsequently tested for the effects of uropygial gland secretions from feral pigeons Columba livia monitoring the number of biting midges captured using miniature CDC traps. There was no significant difference in the number of biting midges captured. Overall, our results did not support a potential role of avian uropygial gland secretions in attracting biting midges and black flies. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Martínez-de la Puente Josué Department of Animal Science, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Spain aut Rivero-de Aguilar Juan Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain aut del Cerro Sara Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain aut Argüello Anastasio Department of Animal Science, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Spain aut Merino Santiago Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/6(2011-12-01), 1715-1718 0932-0113 109:6<1715 2011 109 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2436-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2436-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martínez-de la Puente Josué Department of Animal Science, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rivero-de Aguilar Juan Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- del Cerro Sara Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Argüello Anastasio Department of Animal Science, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Arucas, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Merino Santiago Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109/6(2011-12-01), 1715-1718 0932-0113 109:6<1715 2011 109 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer