Semi-quantitative assessment of wing feather mite (Acarina) infestations on passerine birds from Portugal. Evaluation of the criteria for accurate quantification of mite burdens

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 337-347

  Behnke, J ^a   McGregor, P ^a,e   Cameron, J ^a   Hartley, I ^b   Shepherd, M ^c   Gilbert, F ^a   Barnard, C ^a   Hurst, J ^a,f   Gray, S ^a   Wiles, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Res and Advsy Services Directorate   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCKINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acarina; Feather mites; Infestation levels; Passerine birds

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; MITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PASSERINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

PORTUGAL;

CARDUELIS CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PROCTOPHYLLODES; SERINUS SERINUS; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA; TROUESSARTIA INCISA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0032812871     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999007062     Document Type: Article

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