Adaptive host-abandonment of ectoparasites before fledging? Within-brood distribution of nest mites in house sparrow broods

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1038-1043

  Szabó, Krisztián ^a,b   Szalmás, Anita ^a   Liker, András ^a,c   Barta, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BROOD PARASITISM; ECTOPARASITE; FLEDGING; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITE; NESTLING; PASSERINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BROOD PARASITE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECTOPARASITE; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEDGLING; HEEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFESTATION; MITE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; SPARROW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; SPARROWS;

ACARI; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PELLONYSSUS REEDI;

EID: 54349101766     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1150.1     Document Type: Article

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