Size variation in chewing lice Docophorulus coarctatus: How host size and louse population density vary together

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 739-749

  Tryjanowski, Piotr ^a   Szczykutowicz, Anetta ^a   Adamski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body size; Coevolution; Density dependence; Harrison's rule; Parasites

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COEVOLUTION; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY;

AVES; DOCOPHORULUS; LANIUS EXCUBITOR; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 34548581486     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-9148-2     Document Type: Article

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