The effect of ectoparasite nest load on the breeding biology of the Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus

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Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 115-120

  Darolova A ^a   Hoi, H ^b   Schleicher, B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMIZ PENDULINUS; ACARI; DERMANYSSUS HIRUNDINIS; ORNITHONYSSUS SYLVIARUM;

ECTOPARASITE; NORTHERN FEATHER MITE; NORTHERN FOWL MITE; PENDULINE TIT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 0030621362     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04510.x     Document Type: Article

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