Feather mite loads influenced by salt exposure, age and reproductive stage in the Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 364-369

  Dowling, Damian K ^a   Richardson, David S ^c   Blaakmeer, Karen ^c   Komdeur, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MITE; SEA SALT;

COUSIN ISLAND; SEYCHELLES;

ACARI; ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; AVES; TROUESSARTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035707935     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.320412.x     Document Type: Article

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