Resemblance within flocks and individual differences in feather mite abundance on long-tailed tits, Aegithalos caudatus (L.)

Ecoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 428-432

  Jovani, R ^a   Blanco, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aegithalos caudatuts; Ectosymbionts; Family flocks; Feathermites; Long tailed tit

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PASSERINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACARI; AEGITHALOS CAUDATUS;

EID: 0034485529     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2000.11682613     Document Type: Article

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