Feather mite abundance increases with uropygial gland size and plumage yellowness in Great Tits Parus major

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Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 687-697

  Galván, Ismael ^a   Sanz, Juan J ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COLOR; FEATHER; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; MITE;

ACARI; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 33750162018     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2006.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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