Ruiz-Raya, Francisco http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4646-1975
Soler, Manuel
Abaurrea, Teresa
Chastel, Olivier
Roncalli, Gianluca
Ibáñez-Álamo, Juan Diego
Funding for this research was provided by:
Consejería de Economía, Innovación, Ciencia y Empleo, Junta de Andalucía (CVI-6653)
Article History
Received: 13 March 2018
Revised: 9 August 2018
Accepted: 14 August 2018
First Online: 27 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: We performed the study following all relevant Spanish national (Decreto 105/2011, 19 de Abril) and regional guidelines. Ethical approval for this study was not required. Research disturbance, due to blood sampling protocol (details provided above), was minimized by using only those females that did not ejected the parasitic egg. The time spent at each nest was the minimum necessary for blood sampling. No female deserted their nest during the 3 days after to our experimental manipulation and none exhibited any long-term effects of the study.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.