Larval competition affects the life histories and dispersal behavior of an avian ectoparasite

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 935-945

  Tripet, Frédéric ^a,b   Jacot, Alain ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian ectoparasite; Best of a bad job strategy; Body size; Ceratophyllus gallinae; Competition; Dispersal; Fecundity; Fleas; Parus caeruleus

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; PASSERINE;

AVES; CERATOPHYLLUS; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; GALLIFORMES; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERIFORMES; SIPHONAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0037799921     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0935:LCATLH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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