Reinterpreting the origins of flamingo lice: Cospeciation or host-switching?

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-278

  Johnson, Kevin P ^a   Kennedy, Martyn ^b   McCracken, Kevin G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian systematics; Coevolution; Ducks; Grebes; Phoenicopteridae; Phthiraptera

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIRD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST SELECTION; LOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANAS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 33745321287     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0427     Document Type: Article

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