Fleas, parental care, and transgenerational effects on tick load in the great tit

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1225-1234

  Gallizzi, Katharina ^a   Alloitteau, Ophélie ^a   Harrang, Estelle ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ceratophyllus gallinae; Parasitism; Parental investment; Parus major; Trade off

Indexed keywords

FLEA; INCUBATION; PARASITISM; PARENTAL CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; CERATOPHYLLUS GALLINAE; IXODIDA; PARUS MAJOR; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 56449091869     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn083     Document Type: Article

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