Ectoparasite intensities are correlated with endoparasite infection loads in willow ptarmigan

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-520

  Holmstad, Per R ^a   Jensen, Knut H ^a   Skorping, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ECTOPARASITE; ENDOPARASITE; FITNESS; GROOMING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LOUSE;

LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; PHTHIRAPTERA; SALIX;

EID: 41149128965     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16219.x     Document Type: Article

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