Appendix S1: List of References Used to Collate the Database Used in the Analyses

Appendix S1: List of references used to collate the database used in the analyses

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In addition, I used unpublished data from sources acknowledged in the Manuscript and, for the Gulf of Guinea islands, West Africa, I used unpublished data collected by myself and M. Melo as part of two ongoing projects on bird speciation and on the effects of parasite diversity on avian immunity and life-history characteristics (R. Covas unpublished data).