The relation between colony size, breeding density and ectoparasite loads of adult European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster)

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-163

  Hoi, Herbert ^a   Darolova, Alzbeta ^b   König, Christine ^a   Kristofík, Ján ^b  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY; ECTOPARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION;

APOIDEA; BRUEELIA; BRUEELIA APIASTRI; MALLOPHAGA; MEROMENOPON; MEROMENOPON MEROPIS; MEROPOECUS; MEROPOECUS MEROPIS; MEROPS APIASTER; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0032443419     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682455     Document Type: Article

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