Temporal change in mite abundance and its effect on barn swallow reproduction and sexual selection

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 495-504

  Moller A P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Barn swallow; Hirundo rustica; Intensity; Ornithonyssus bursa; Parasite mediated sexual selection; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

DENMARK;

ACARI; GALLIFORMES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; MACRONYSSIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036093289     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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