Comparative transmission dynamics of competing parasite species

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3186-3194

  Harbison, Christopher W ^a,b   Bush, Sarah E ^a,c   Malenke, Jael R ^a   Clayton, Dale H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird lice; Campanulotes compar; Coexistence; Colonization; Columba livia; Columbicola columbae; Competition; Dispersal; Parasite; Phoresis; Pseudolynchia canadensis; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COEXISTENCE; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISPERSAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE CYCLE; LOUSE; PHORESY;

AVES; CAMPANULOTES BIDENTATUS COMPAR; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; COLUMBICOLA COLUMBAE; DIPTERA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHILOPTERIDAE; PHTHIRAPTERA; PSEUDOLYNCHIA; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 59749104929     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1745.1     Document Type: Article

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