Adaptive significance of avian beak morphology for ectoparasite control

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1565, 2005, Pages 811-817

  Clayton, Dale H ^a   Moyer, Brett R ^a   Bush, Sarah E ^a   Jones, Tony G ^a   Gardiner, David W ^a   Rhodes, Barry B ^a   Goller, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Coevolution; Evolution; Host; Lice; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ECTOPARASITE; FEATHER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEATHER; FEEDING; FOWL; GROOMING; MANDIBLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; LOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ACARI; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; FRINGILLIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEAK; BIOMECHANICS; COLUMBIDAE; FEATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROOMING; LICE; UTAH; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 22844446013     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3036     Document Type: Article

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