Host specificity and colonization by Zachvatkinia caspica, an analgoid feather mite of Caspian Terns

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2200-2206

  Bridge, Eli S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; OILS AND FATS;

ANALGOID FEATHER MITES; AVIAN HOSTS;

BIOLOGY;

COLONIZATION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; HOST SPECIFICITY; MITE; SEABIRD;

ACARI; ANALGOIDEA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; LARIDAE; LARUS CALIFORNICUS; STERNA CASPIA; ZACHVATKINIA;

EID: 0036966144     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-215     Document Type: Article

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