Survival and reproductive rate of mites in relation to resistance of their barn swallow hosts

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 351-357

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Hirundo rustica; Ornithonyssus bursa; Reproduction; Sexual selection; Survival

Indexed keywords

MITE; PARASITE RESISTANCE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

HIRUNDO RUSTICA; ORNITHONYSSUS BURSA;

EID: 0033863327     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000394     Document Type: Article

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