Fleas Siphonaptera influence the condition of Starling Sturnus vulgaris nestlings

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-189

  Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^a   Kȩdra, Aleksander H ^b   Modlińska, Ewa ^b   Samborski, Jarosław ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Fleas Siphonaptera; Nestlings condition; Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONDITION; FLEA; NESTLING CONDITION; STARLING;

SIPHONAPTERA; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031351197     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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