Species and sex biases in ectoparasitism of dragonflies by mites

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-508

  Lajeunesse, Marc J ^a,b   Forbes, Mark R ^a   Smith, Bruce P ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; HABITAT USE; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HYDRACARINA; LIMNOCHARES; LIMNOCHARES AMERICANA; LIMNOCHARIDAE;

EID: 4043167847     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13076.x     Document Type: Article

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