Asynchronous hatching in a blue tit population: A test of some predictions related to ectoparasites

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1480-1484

  Descamps, Sébastien ^a,b   Blondel, Jacques ^a   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a   Hurtrez Boussès, Sylvie ^b   Thomas, Frédéric ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS;

HATCHING;

BIODIVERSITY;

ECTOPARASITE; HATCHING DATE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PASSERINE;

AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS OGLIASTRAE; PASSERIFORMES; PROTOCALLIPHORA;

EID: 0036921951     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z02-144     Document Type: Article

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