Horizontal transmission and reproductive rates of hen fleas in great tit nests

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 474-484

  Heeb, Philipp ^a   Werner, Isabelle ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a   Kölliker, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

age cohort; Ceratophyllus gallinae; density dependence; host response; nest mass; parasite reproduction; parasite transmission; Parus major; virulence

Indexed keywords

GREAT TIT; HEN FLEA;

CERATOPHYLLIDAE; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; PARUS MAJOR; SIPHONAPTERA;

EID: 0030304529     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5782     Document Type: Article

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