Weather dependent effects of nest ectoparasites on their bird hosts

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-113

  Merino, Santiago ^a   Potti, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST ECTOPARASITE; RAINFALL;

ACARI; DIPTERA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 0030303785     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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