Mites associated with the small ground finch, Geospiza fuliginosa (passeriformes: emberizidae), from the Galápagos Islands

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1304-1313

  Oconnor, Barry M ^a   Foufopoulos, Johannes ^a   Lipton, David ^a   Lindström, Karin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; ISLAND; MITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PASSERINE;

ARTICLE; DERMANYSSUS; DERMOGLYPHUS; ECTOPARASITE; ECUADOR; FAUNA; FEMALE; FINCH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSPIZA FULGINOSA; MALE; MESALGOIDES GEOSPIZAE; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PROCTOPHYLLODES DARWINI; PTERODECTES ATYEOI; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRELKOVIACARUS; TROUESSARTIA GEOSPIZA; XOLALGES PALMAI;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PREVALENCE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; DERMANYSSIDAE; DERMANYSSUS; DERMOGLYPHUS; EMBERIZINAE; FRINGILLIDAE; GEOSPIZA; GEOSPIZA FULIGINOSA; PASSERIFORMES; PROCTOPHYLLODES; PROCTOPHYLLODIDAE; TROUESSARTIA; XOLALGES;

EID: 32544449500     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-581R.1     Document Type: Article

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