Nest design and the abundance of parasitic Protocalliphora blow flies in two hole-nesting passerines

Ecoscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-553

  Remeš, Vladimír ^a   Krist, Miloš ^a,b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Museum of Natural History   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Blow fly; Ectoparasites; Ficedula; Nest design; Parus; Protocalliphora

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEST STRUCTURE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PASSERINE;

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; CALLIPHORIDAE; FICEDULA; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PICEA; POACEAE; PROTOCALLIPHORA;

EID: 30744437646     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/i1195-6860-12-4-549.1     Document Type: Article

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