Does removal of old nests from nestboxes by researchers affect mite populations in subsequent nests of house wrens?

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 558-564

  Pacejka, Andrew J ^a   Thompson, Charles F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AVES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 0030222556     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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