ArticleParasitology2026
Parasite egg shedding rhythms are independent of feeding habits in a small shorebird host.
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Host-parasite coevolution resulted in parasites optimizing their life cycle to obtain the most benefit from the host's behaviour. In passerines, for instance, some parasite groups have found means to match their egg shedding rhythms with the hours of the day when hosts are most active. In other bird groups, such as shorebirds, whose active times are not determined by day-night cycles but by other external factors such as tidal or lunar cycles, it is not yet known whether their endoparasites exhibit any predictable pattern in their egg shedding rhythms. Here we used a simple wild-caught (captive) system, to provide a first approximation of the parasite egg shedding patterns in wintering Rufous-chested dotterels (
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