Table 1. Data of eighteen tick-infested birds: the presence/absence of ticks showing apolysis and ecdysteroid concentrations in corresponding blood samples.

Abbreviations of compounds can be found in the legend of Table 2; “<” symbol denotes detectable ecdysteroid content below the limit of quantification. ^*Abbreviations: LOC LUS = Locustella luscinioides, TUR MER = Turdus merula, ACR SCH = Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, LUS MEG = Luscinia megarhynchos, ERI RUB = Erithacus rubecula, PRU MOD = Prunella modularis, ACR SCI = Acrocephalus scirpaceus.