Showiness of Neotropical birds in relation to ectoparasite abundance and foraging stratum

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-165

  Walther, B A ^a,d   Clayton, D H ^a,b   Gregory, R D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^d KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ECTOPARASITE; EVOLUTION;

AVES; INSECTA; PASSERIFORMES; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 0032731502     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547006     Document Type: Article

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