Bird-ectoparasite interactions, nest humidity, and ectoparasite community structure

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 958-968

  Heeb, Philipp ^a   Kölliker, Mathias ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blow flies; Ceratophyllus gallinae; Ecosystem engineering; Ectoparasite; Flea parasitism; Great Tit (Parus major); Hen flea; Nest cavity; Nest humidity; Parus major; Protocalliphora

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLEA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; CERATOPHYLLIDAE; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; DIPTERA; PARUS MAJOR; PROTOCALLIPHORA; SIPHONAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 18344418347     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0958:BEINHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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