Dispersal ecology versus host specialization as determinants of ectoparasite distribution in brood parasitic indigobirds and their estrildid finch hosts

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 217-229

  Balakrishnan, Christopher N ^a,b   Sorenson, Michael D ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brueelia; Co evolution; Ischnocera; Lice; Phylogeny; Vidua

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FINCH; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LOUSE; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FINCHES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LICE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; BRUEELIA; ESTRILDIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; ISCHNOCERA; MYRSIDEA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PLOCEINAE; VIDUA; VIDUA MACROURA;

EID: 33845736473     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03142.x     Document Type: Article

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