Helminth Communities of Owls (Strigiformes) Indicate Strong Biological and Ecological Differences from Birds of Prey (Accipitriformes and Falconiformes) in Southern Italy

• Mario Santoro ,

  * E-mail: marisant@libero.it

  Affiliations Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy

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• Simonetta Mattiucci,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Section of Parasitology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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• Giuseppe Nascetti,

  Affiliation Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences, Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy

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• John M. Kinsella,

  Affiliation Helm West Laboratory, Missoula, Montana, United States of America

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• Francesca Di Prisco,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Section of Avellino, Monteforte Irpino, Avellino, Italy

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• Sabatino Troisi,

  Affiliation Istituto Gestione della Fauna Onlus, Naples, Italy

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• Nicola D’Alessio,

  Affiliation Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Section of Avellino, Monteforte Irpino, Avellino, Italy

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• Vincenzo Veneziano,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Animal Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

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• Francisco J. Aznar

  Affiliation Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, y Departamento de Zoología, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain

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