Reduced taxonomic richness of lice (Insecta: Phthirsptera) in diving birds

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 867-869

  Felso B ^a   Rozsa L ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; HOST; HOST USE; LOUSE; PARASITE; PLUMAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ALLOPATRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; DIVING; ECTOPARASITE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; INFESTATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOUSE; MADAGASCAR; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AVES; INSECTA; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 33748940387     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-849.1     Document Type: Article

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