Increasing group size dilutes black fly attack rate in Black Grouse

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 86-90

  Rätti, Osmo ^a   Ojanen, Ulriikka ^b   Helle, Pekka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLY; GAMEBIRD; GROUP SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SUMMER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; TETRAO TETRIX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746746377     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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