Influence of host ecology and morphology on the diversity of Neotropical bird lice

Oikos

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 455-467

  Clayton, D H ^a   Walther, B A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; INSECTA; PHILOPTERIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034816438     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.940308.x     Document Type: Article

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