Blowfly infestation at the nestling stage affects egg size in the pied flycatcher ficedula hypoleuca

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-82

  Potti, Jaime ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blowflies; Egg size; Ficedula hypoleuca; Mites; Nest ectoparasites; Nestling growth; Pied Flycather; Protocallipkora azurea; Vermanyssus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DETECTION METHOD; EGG SIZE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLY; LONGEVITY; NESTLING; PARASITISM; PASSERINE; PEST SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ACARI; AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PROTOCALLIPHORA; PROTOCALLIPHORA AZUREA;

EID: 51649092220     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164508X345356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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