Dave Shutler

Breeding between Tree Swallows from the same brood (2004)

Dave Shutler, David J. T. Hussell, Andrew G. Horn, Marty L. Leonard, Robert W. Shutler, Denis Lepage

We provide data on three instances where Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) that fledged from the same nest (broodmates) eventually bred together in subsequent years. Two instances were detected in...

Sex Ratios of Fleas (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) in Nests of Tree Swallows (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) Exposed to Different Chemicals (2003)

Dave Shutler, Stephen D. Petersen, Russell D. Dawson, Adam Campbell

Endocrine disruptors have well-known effects on vertebrate population sex ratios, but a variety of chemicals can also affect sex ratios of invertebrates. We tested whether sex ratios of fleas...

Post-fire bird communities and vegetation complexity / (1987)

Shutler, Dave.

Written for the Dept. of Renewable Resources (Wildlife), Macdonald College.

Rodent malaria parasites Plasmodium chabaudi and P. vinckei do not increase their rates of gametocytogenesis in response to mosquito probing

Shutler, Dave, Reece, Sarah E, Mullie, Adele, Billingsley, Peter F, Read, Andrew F

Several vector-borne infectious agents facultatively alter their life history strategies in response to local vector densities. Some evidence suggests that malaria parasites invest more heavily in...