The effects of the presence of fleas in nestboxes on fledglings of pied flycatchers and great tits

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-213

  Kȩdra, Aleksander H ^a   Kruszewicz, Andrzej G ^b   Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^c   Modlińska, Ewa ^a  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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