Roost site selection of great horned owls in relation to black fly activity: An anti-parasite behavior

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 950-955

  Rohner, C ^a   Krebs, C J ^a   Hunter, D B ^a   Currie, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black flies; Bubo virginianus; Forest

Indexed keywords

AVES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PERCIDAE; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0033730220     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370328     Document Type: Article

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