Habitat preference, escape behavior, and cues used by feather mites to avoid molting wing feathers

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-284

  Pap, Péter László ^a,b   Szép, Tibor ^c   Tökölyi, Jácint ^b   Piper, Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barn swallow; Distribution; Hirundo rustica; Symbionts; Vibration hypothesis; Window hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MITE; MOLT; VIBRATION;

ACARI; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA;

EID: 32144452726     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj026     Document Type: Article

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